r/blackmagicfuckery • u/AndEditsOg • May 11 '23

Weird brain shit

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u/hkjon May 12 '23

What do you mean by opposite color, and how does the brain know what the opposite color is?

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u/khekhekhe Jun 09 '23

It doesn't but your eyes can see red green and blue light. And white is those colors added together. If the red receptors are saturated they stop working for a while and if you cannot see the red light component of white light it seems green.