Is there a scientific reason for why Yellow appear brighter than other colors? When you look at the color palette of Yellow, you'll only see bright shades, in fact you could argue that even dark Yellow hues can appear brighter than Red

>>16678868 (OP)
because it's a mix of the two colors our eyes are most sensitive to (red and green)

>>16678868 (OP)
Talking out of my ass here, but this is my guess. We have three cones in our eye for detecting color. They require some count of photons to be stimulated (i.e., see the color which is why we can't see biophotons despite them being in the visible spectrum).

Yellow is the combination of red and green which is a narrow range of wavelengths. Meaning there is a double counting of photons (equal mixing of red and green) to see it. So to see yellow you must receive twice the photons which is twice the intensity leading to twice the brightness. And because this is a narrow window it'll always be perceived as brighter than any other secondary color.

>>16678871
fipy bipy

Yellow also looks brighter on many screens for the same reason that cyan and magenta look brighter than solid red, green, or blue - you're getting light from two subpixels instead of one.

>>16678917
yellow exists outside of screens

>>16678875
I thought the human eye was most sensitive to green, hence it's use in stop lights and older night vision technology

>>16678937
Is this "outside of screens" in this room with us now, schizo?

>>16678937
>talk about screens specifically
>say you're talking about screens specifically
>"but that's just screens"

>>16678947
>>16678956
I meant, that yellow also appears brighter outside of screens

>>16678947
yes, I have some post-its in front of me

>>16678868 (OP)
Something something yellow car syndrome. Also, this is the real reason why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv9e7ZNnC-M&t=58s

>>16678917
Buddy... Magenta does NOT look brighter than Green at full intensity

>>16679015
It's gonna depend on the screen - a lot of modern OLEDs don't drive the green subpixels as hard. Blowing out green is more an LCD problem, because LCDs don't have fine control over subpixel brightness (and an equivalent brightness green subpixel is seen as brighter than red or blue subpixels).

I remember as a kid pondering what a dark yellow would look like. Then playing with higher-bit computers I just toned the intensity down.
Just looked like dark brownish orange.

>>16679142
dark yellow is just gold duh

>>16678871
our eyes are not sensitive to red but to yellow-green, green, and blue

>>16679349
Our eyes are least sensitive to blue, what are you on about?

>>16678937
The hell it does.

>>16678942
Well, if that's the angle you want to take, then obviously the human eye is most sensitive to blue because it's the easiest wavelength to cause damage with.

>>16680498
It's kinda ironic how a color we perceive as intense like Red is actually the most chill color for our eyes

>>16678868 (OP)
eye=25%red, 25%blue, 50% green, therefore:
black=0%, red=blue=25%, green=magenta=50%, yellow=cyan=75%, white=100%

>>16681060
Schizo

>>16678868 (OP)
our eyes are sensitive to it

Bump

>>16678868 (OP)
What's the difference between yellow and gold anyway?

>>16686600
gold is a shade of yellow, dumbass

I hate yellow so much it's unreal

>>16678868 (OP)
>in fact you could argue that even dark Yellow hues can appear brighter than Red
And you would be correct. The l axis represents perceived brightness.

>>16687157
Would be nice if I attached the image. Anyways, the green primary itself is the perceived brightest of the three colors in the tristimulus system, and yellow acts as the additive combo of green and red light in the frequency domain.

>>16678868 (OP)
Because it best contrasts with black. Black is dark, ergo yellow is bright.

Bump

>>16678868 (OP)
Nothing's brighter than the sun.

>>16687215
No wonder tho, darkness is just absence of brightness.

>>16686600
different genus, gold is a metal

>>16691492
?

>>16678968
Some does, some doesn't. If it does, it's probably fluorescent paint.

>>16678937
this
one of you mfs explain why yellow is clearly brighter in cmy inks

Yell- OW!