A tiny group of people can see ‘invisible’ colors

A tiny group of people can see ‘invisible’ colors
Antico’s color vision when compared with the original scene

David Robson – As Concetta Antico took her pupils to the park for an art lesson, she would often question them about the many shades she saw flashing before her eyes.

“I’d say, ‘Look at the light on the water – can you see the pink shimmering across that rock? Can you see the red on the edge of that leaf there?’” The students would all nod in agreement. It was only years later that she realized they were just too polite to tell the truth: the colors she saw so vividly were invisible to them. Continue reading