Novel Color Via Stimulation of Individual Photoreceptors at Population Scale
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Novel Color Via Stimulation of Individual Photoreceptors at Population Scale
Using a new technique called “Oz,” vision researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science have been able to "trick" the eye into seeing images, videos and even a brand-new color — a profoundly saturated peacock green that they named “olo.” Their paper, "Novel Color Via Stimulation of Individual Photoreceptors at Population Scale," was recently published in the journal Science Advances.
As explained in a recent UC Berkeley News article, the Oz technology allows scientists to precisely control how light activates individual photoreceptors (the light-sensitive cells in the retina). This lets them explore how we perceive color at an entirely new level — and even reveal colors the eye has never seen before.
Learn more at https://optometry.berkeley.edu/novel-color/
