Magenta is a Lie!! In this video I explain how we perceive color and why as a result there is no way to make a pink or magenta laser. Along the way I explain some of the basics of color theory and how human vision works. There's a couple of demonstrations I do using the RGB channels of a computer screen to demonstrate how just those three colors can simulate any color on the rainbow but also explain some of the limitations of computer/phone/TV screens. Please let me know if you have questions and I'll be happy to answer them as soon as I can!

Also my apologies for the low volume, I was worried about clipping/distortion and switched to new editing software that I’m still getting the hang of (I had previously been editing in blender…..)

Intro 0:00
RGB Cone Cells 2:59
Video Demonstration 5:15
How to See Magenta 12:49
Spectrometer Demos 14:20
Conclusions 21:38

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#physics #optics #vision #colors