Nature’s color palette explains why everything we see is a mix of red, yellow, green and blue

August 31, 2026 · 10:30 pm 1 sources

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• Nature's color palette explains why everything we see is a mix of red, yellow, green and blue
  Phys.org · August 31, 2026 22:30
  Biologists and linguists alike have long puzzled over the universal human tendency to see and name colors as a combination of four "pure" hues—red, yellow, green and blue.