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How we see color - Colm Kelleher

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There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the amazing kaleidoscope of other colors that make up our world? Colm Kelleher explains how humans can see everything from auburn to aquamarine.

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Educator
Colm Kelleher
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Jeremiah Dickey
Narrator
Colm Kelleher

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