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PC Gamer
Jonathan Bolding

Scientists claim they've seen a 'jaw-dropping' new color, but you can only experience it by shooting lasers directly into your eyes

A closeup of an eye with a rainbow.

By very precisely shooting lasers directly into the eye (do no try this at home), researchers claim it's possible to experience a color never previously experienced. The five people who have seen the color, which the team calls "olo," say that it's a blue-green hue, but more saturated than any blue-green ever seen before.

As reported by The Guardian, a team at the University of California, Berkeley have published a new paper outlining a method for using a laser to stimulate individual cells in the retina in order to create stimulus that natural light couldn't otherwise produce.

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