SCIENCEJun 7 · 07:55 UTCSCIENCE DAILY

Scientists finally complete Schrödinger’s 100-year-old color theory

Scientists resolved a 100-year-old problem in Schrödinger’s color theory, demonstrating that perceived color qualities are intrinsic to the mathematics of color space. The breakthrough advances understanding of human vision and may improve color technologies and visualizations.

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