How do we see GREY?

Grey requires a mix of wavelengths that stimulate the three types more or less equally. So do black (very little stimulation) and white (more). There is more to it than that. The perception of color is affected by colors around it.
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How do we see gray?

Objects that appear lighter reflect a larger percentage of light than those that appear darker. Allred says the brain processes perceptual differences between black and white objects even when illumination of the object changes. If the brain did not do this, it would fail to distinguish color shade in different light.
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Does grey reflect or absorb light?

White, gray, and black are not colors, though: white reflects all colors, black absorbs all colors, and gray reflects some and absorbs some of all colors. Light is energy.
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How do humans see black and grey?

Rods work at very low levels of light. We use these for night vision because only a few bits of light (photons) can activate a rod. Rods don't help with color vision, which is why at night, we see everything in a gray scale. The human eye has over 100 million rod cells.
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Is gray a real color?

It's calm and dispassionate, but too much gray, particularly if it's a dark gray–can be depressing. Gray is the perfect neutral, as it can moderate brighter hues and pull a color scheme together. Gray is the perfect neutral, as it can moderate brighter hues and pull a color scheme together.
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Is grey a eye color?

The iris has pigmentation that determines the eye color. Irises are classified as being one of six colors: amber, blue, brown, gray, green, hazel, or red.
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Is it grey or gray?

Gray and grey are both common spellings of the color between black and white. Gray is more frequent in American English, whereas grey is more common in British English.
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What colors can't we see?

Red-green and yellow-blue are the so-called "forbidden colors." Composed of pairs of hues whose light frequencies automatically cancel each other out in the human eye, they're supposed to be impossible to see simultaneously. The limitation results from the way we perceive color in the first place.
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Does color exist without light?

Color Doesn't Exist Without Light.
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Do colors exist?

The first thing to remember is that colour does not actually exist… at least not in any literal sense. Apples and fire engines are not red, the sky and sea are not blue, and no person is objectively "black" or "white".
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Does grey have a wavelength?

The colors we see are determined by the mix of stimulations. The bottom of the graph gives names of colors for single wavelength light. Grey is not on the list. Grey requires a mix of wavelengths that stimulate the three types more or less equally.
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Is gray light possible?

You can't do it with grey because grey isn't really a colour with some corresponding wavelength (or combination of wavelengths), but a tone. It's a dull white, basically. So the closest you get to a grey light is going to be a low intensity white light.
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What color Is A Mirror?

A mirror might look silver because it's usually depicted that way in books or movies. However, it's actually the color of whatever is reflected onto it. A perfect mirror has specular reflection, meaning it reflects all light in a single direction equal to what it receives.
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Is there actually 50 shades of GREY?

Whoops, You Can't Actually See 50 Shades Of Gray

— in real life. According to a rough estimate, humans can view about 30 shades of the color gray, although some of us may be blessed with the ability to see a few more.
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Why do I see grey?

A greyout is a transient loss of vision characterized by a perceived dimming of light and color, sometimes accompanied by a loss of peripheral vision. It is a precursor to fainting or a blackout and is caused by hypoxia (low brain oxygen level), often due to a loss of blood pressure.
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Why do people see green in grey?

“Since the palm and thumb in the photo reflect some odd green light, I think the photo was taken in a dark environment with a green flashlight,” Cheung suggested. “When the green light is projected onto the white shoelaces, they will come off as green. Also green plus pink equals grey.”
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What color is hardest to see?

Blue is the hardest color to see as more light energy is required for a full response from blue-violet cones, compared to green or red.
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What color is not a real color?

If color is solely the way physics describes it, the visible spectrum of light waves, then black and white are outcasts and don't count as true, physical colors. Colors like white and pink are not present in the spectrum because they are the result of our eyes' mixing wavelengths of light.
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What is the real color?

Real Colors® is a dynamic workshop experience using a personality type test. The goal is to provide participants with the skills to: understand human behavior. uncover motivators specific to each temperament.
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What is the rarest eye color?

Of those four, green is the rarest. It shows up in about 9% of Americans but only 2% of the world's population. Hazel/amber is the next rarest of these. Blue is the second most common and brown tops the list with 45% of the U.S. population and possibly almost 80% worldwide.
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What is the most rare color?

Blue is one of the rarest of colors in nature. Even the few animals and plants that appear blue don't actually contain the color. These vibrant blue organisms have developed some unique features that use the physics of light.
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Can we imagine a new color?

Basically, we can't see new colours because we have evolved to see three and the mixtures of those three. But why can't we imagine a new colour? You would think, since imagining something in your head doesn't require your eyes, that it would be simple. No cone receptors, no spectrum, just your brain.
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How is grey spelled on a crayon?

In fact, grey is the preferred spelling for our cousins across the pond (and north of the border). But, as I tactfully told everyone, we're in America now. In America, the correct spelling is gray. Just look on any Crayola crayon if you don't believe me.
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Is it spelled or Spelt?

It's true; the American English past tense form is spelled. In other varieties of English, both spelled and spelt are common. So, if you're in the United States, you would probably write it like this: The past tense of the verb “spell” can be spelled in two ways.
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Why is color spelled colour?

Difference Between Color and Colour

Color is the spelling used in the United States. Colour is used in other English-speaking countries. The word color has its roots (unsurprisingly) in the Latin word color.
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