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5/29/2025, 5:30:29 PM
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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.
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.
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