Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains How We See Colors

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Is that apple in your hand really red? Or is it another color? Or is it even a color? On this StarTalk explainer video, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice are exploring how we see colors.
Neil settles the “blue dress vs. gold dress” debate that took the internet by storm a few years back. We reflect on the relationship between scientific advancements and our physiological senses. You’ll learn why things are different colors. We discuss white light.
Neil explains why, if you’re holding a red apple in your hand, the apple is not actually red. What happens if you take a red apple up to a light that has no red in it? What color would the apple be? All that, plus, we talk about “dark adaptation” and how it impacts the way we see colors in the dark.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - What Color Means To Astrophysicists
2:12 - The Debate Over The Color Of 'The Dress'
4:09 - What Are The True Color Of Objects
8:37 - Black Is The Absence Of Color
12:05 - Neil's Dark Adapt Experiment
14:22 - The Most Efficient Way To Take Notes
15:04 - Closing Notes

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  • @SkyyVega
    @SkyyVega3 жыл бұрын

    Ooof I felt Neil’s frustration when he was trying to not tell him it would be black. I was literally yelling IT WILL BE BLACK 😹😹😹

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thinking in reverse is hard! Lol

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thinking in reverse is hard! Lol

  • @cmkmusicislife1571

    @cmkmusicislife1571

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same lol

  • @temujinemorgan

    @temujinemorgan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes the strangulation gesture was how I felt. Chuck is normally faster than that.

  • @erickm119

    @erickm119

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too, I was screaming at my monitor. Chuck, its black, BlAcK, BLACK, BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

  • @mikethompson7132
    @mikethompson71323 жыл бұрын

    ITS WAY MORE THAN I CAN COVER IN THIS SHORT VIDEO?????......MAKE A LONG ONE THEN NEIL !!!! YOU KNOW WE LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF THESE !! :)

  • @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote

    @HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote

    3 жыл бұрын

    this video felt like 5 minutes

  • @eringerych6616

    @eringerych6616

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would like it to be as long as it needs to be

  • @whatdamath
    @whatdamath3 жыл бұрын

    I admire Neil's ability to communicate concepts, but I also love exploring ideas from deeper perspectives. In this case I really wanted to address a few misconceptions that might arise from his explanation. When he talks about color (e.g. apple, dress) - the concept is very subjective and is entirely made inside every one of our brains. It has no “physical reality”. This is very different from the scientific concept of spectrum that he is trying to convey which refers to the frequency of light spectrum. The dress color and the idea of apple being red are all perceptions formed inside our primary visual cortex and are interpreted entirely differently by each and every human being on Earth. People that are color blind will obviously perceive said apple or dress differently, as will people from entirely different cultures to your own. There are countless psychological experiments that show that for example growing up in an Amazonian tribe vs a cosmopolitan city will result in an entirely different primary cortex that’s able to interpret shades of green that a city dweller cannot see. At the same time, the color constancy (relevant psychological concept) means that we also tend to use secondary cortices in our brain to create a kind of a bias toward seeing certain things certain way. Meaning that even under a different light our brains may interpret the apple as red, even though no actual “spectrum” is sent into the eye. All of these color concepts are difficult to explain without taking the study of perception into consideration, so I find it’s best to explain things one at a time because this is a lot more complex than “white and black” for the lack of better pun.

  • @abhishekconstantinewinches9907

    @abhishekconstantinewinches9907

    3 жыл бұрын

    Every colour has been identified universally same. That's why we all always talk about our favorite and disliked colours.

  • @dbutcher84

    @dbutcher84

    3 жыл бұрын

    He acknowledged that people see colors differently and that it's an individual perception. He said "I don't care what your rods and cones are doing" and wanted to focus scientifically on how color comes to our eyes, but yes, it would be very interesting to have him go into how we actually perceive color, as I am quite colorblind myself. I also wish the other guy could actually keep up with simple concepts.

  • @skychief80

    @skychief80

    3 жыл бұрын

    Still 99% of people agree that the sky is blue and the grass is green. And so with countless other things.

  • @dbutcher84

    @dbutcher84

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@skychief80 you mean 95% or so😉. Most if not all color blind people only know for sure that the sky is blue and such things from being told so. The rest still see color in slight variations, but close enough that it rarely makes a difference👍

  • @PaFREd0

    @PaFREd0

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hellooo Wonderfull Personnn :D

  • @angel24eyez
    @angel24eyez3 жыл бұрын

    The +100 dislikes are from colorblind people. Thank you StarTalk and Dr. Tyson for yet another amazing video. We need such educational videos more than ever considering how thru online courses teachers are not as interactive as they used to be in a real classroom. Keep it up! 👏🏻

  • @newgrowth74
    @newgrowth743 жыл бұрын

    Chuck looks like he smoked a heavy Sativa before the show 😂 Love these 2 🧠 🧠

  • @chandlercallaway9551

    @chandlercallaway9551

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe you are right lol

  • @gwndocter8096

    @gwndocter8096

    3 жыл бұрын

    Smoke one for chuck

  • @sabieleclipse5799

    @sabieleclipse5799

    3 жыл бұрын

    Doesn't he always? Makes it easier to brain up 😹

  • @kyusshead

    @kyusshead

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's totally blasted! The apple part!

  • @savagepug

    @savagepug

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's pretty cooked on this one lol

  • @spicysaucysweet
    @spicysaucysweet3 жыл бұрын

    Hencefore the blueberry will now be dubbed "The absence of blue light berries".

  • @MrBonners

    @MrBonners

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nope, just indicates no blueberries.

  • @ARandomInternetUser08

    @ARandomInternetUser08

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why did that sound like a quote from Palpatine, but with a couple words changed? xD

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ARandomInternetUser08 That's so awesome! I love Star Wars!

  • @JohnSmith-ol9yv

    @JohnSmith-ol9yv

    3 жыл бұрын

    that's not necessary, since blue is defined by the pattern of wavelengths that reaches the eye... it's the same whether you describe which of the wavelengths are absent or which are present.

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnSmith-ol9yv it's a joke....have a laugh!

  • @StreetWorkout
    @StreetWorkout3 жыл бұрын

    It's hilarious when after "No way!" and "Just say it!" he said "rainbow" instead of "black" XD

  • @b1nqyr15
    @b1nqyr153 жыл бұрын

    Last week you tell me what we call North and South magnetic poles are actually the opposite of what we call them, and now this week you tell me every coloured object I see is actually everything except that colour!!! My mind is blown. Thanks for everything you do.

  • @stk1975
    @stk19753 жыл бұрын

    I loved this episode I did not only learn but I laughed so hard.

  • @FreeRiderFMX

    @FreeRiderFMX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right from the opening joke hahaha

  • @Ian-uu3dz

    @Ian-uu3dz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Monkey Brothers UNITE!

  • @JaymesSinnah

    @JaymesSinnah

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chuck i dont find very funny but he nailed it here!

  • @Modernday13579

    @Modernday13579

    3 жыл бұрын

    Color police 🤣

  • @davidblack2035

    @davidblack2035

    3 жыл бұрын

    I actually laughed this episode too

  • @InsaneMetalSoldier
    @InsaneMetalSoldier3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure I'm now the only one that yelled at Chuck: "SAY BLACK FOR GOD'S SAKE! BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACKKKK!!"

  • @tenoki

    @tenoki

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did too Fam! I did too!

  • @Larstig81

    @Larstig81

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same here 😀

  • @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great point ✌🏿😁 #blackspectrum✴️

  • @sacredgeometry8275
    @sacredgeometry82753 жыл бұрын

    My fellow art teacher and I are doing a webcast about the Elements of Art as live online lessons for our students. This week is about color and your video just helps confirm to the kids that their teachers know what they're talking about when it comes to this subject. We've put your video on our Deep Dive for the unit. Thanks for being so awesome and we'd love to see more color videos!

  • @createlovehappy
    @createlovehappy3 жыл бұрын

    You two are so entertaining that you make this science stuff even more exciting to learn. Thank you so much for educating us in this way.

  • @TheGuruMeditation
    @TheGuruMeditation3 жыл бұрын

    This is brilliant. As a director of photography I deal with color every day. A lot of this comes into play especially when I am using color filters in front of the lens. Also understanding why a red filter makes a blue sky dark on black and white film and why a green filter makes foliage light. Awesome episode guys!

  • @TheWorld_2099

    @TheWorld_2099

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey, I am highly interested in the subject of filters and photography, where would you suggest I read up (or take a video course) on this?

  • @johnnymann14
    @johnnymann143 жыл бұрын

    This is the reason i love science

  • @subject8776

    @subject8776

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because science just is, it's fact, it doesn't care about feelings of anyone and that makes it so pure.

  • @sockfreak2003

    @sockfreak2003

    Жыл бұрын

    @@subject8776true but science is an abstraction of our senses, through experimentation, so it isn’t the true reality but it’s a good indicator of what reality could be.

  • @FOWBOWZ
    @FOWBOWZ3 жыл бұрын

    I love this episode , I hysterically laughed and learned a perspective I've never even thought of.

  • @dhruvgoyal3015
    @dhruvgoyal30153 жыл бұрын

    These explainer videos are amazing. They bring attention to stuff i had only taken for granted. Great job..

  • @Laser9113
    @Laser91133 жыл бұрын

    This was definitely one of the funniest explainers

  • @MarySmith-nv4ni

    @MarySmith-nv4ni

    3 жыл бұрын

    These guys are funny!!!!

  • @ApexHerbivore
    @ApexHerbivore3 жыл бұрын

    Colour is just a pigment of your imagination.

  • @DrpToast8

    @DrpToast8

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think its spelt like "Color"..... Well I'm American

  • @rundata

    @rundata

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DrpToast8 yeah it's spelt colour.. Americans must be so lazy they have to drop letters from words or just pronounce them wrong

  • @jihadel-amin

    @jihadel-amin

    3 жыл бұрын

    😆

  • @bikkies

    @bikkies

    3 жыл бұрын

    I see what you did there. No wait, I saw the absence of what you did ... No, erm, I saw what you didn't... I think the Matrix has me but I don't know if the red pill is red...

  • @G4MMABA3

    @G4MMABA3

    3 жыл бұрын

    YOU BETTER STAAAWWP 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 💀💀💀💀💀💀yours truly, a visual artist lol

  • @KtO680
    @KtO6803 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this important talk! I'd love more of these. At first glance I was like, 'Only Neil could get this into 16 minutes and make it clear, but I need to know how he did it!' So, I'm glad that you didn't because, yeah, it's just not a simple thing to grasp, let alone truly understand right away. I'm working on a special project that basically combines Visual Art and Quantum Physics to discuss consciousness, so the more of these the better! Like, my reference Playlist must have 20 of your videos on it and, so far, the only one I have to turn away right now is utilizing neutrinos because I really have a hard time grasping that one. It's not eliminated, just put to the side until I can grasp it better. It is very accurate to say visual artists get a bit freaked by color theory the first time they put it into practice, especially if that person was more conditioned through STEM education their whole life, but mostly because it requires multiple- often contrasting -ways of understanding light & color, contradictory to what one has always been taught. It's why you revert back to kindergarten and start off with the color wheel in Visual & some Performing Arts studies, because that's how long we've all been taught wrong about light & color. Honestly and surprisingly, I felt worse for the more science based students though. For Visual Arts students this talk is basically freshman year week 1, chapter 1 of Intro into Visual Art, often called Art Fundamentals. The advanced science students who took that course because someone told them it was "easy like middle school art class" often struggled far more, particularly when it came time to address this issue and put it into practice with lighting and/or pigments. Psychology students did better in grasping the concepts, but often over analyzed when it came to practice. Both needed a bit of reprogramming outside of their own areas of study which try to hold things like light & color as types of absolutes due to matters of measurement(they'll say things like "color is waves" and that works just fine in their respective areas, sometimes, but early in Visual Art you need to get more clarity right away by realizing color=light=photons=energy which happens to have wave - like behavior based on how much energy it stores, so far as we can perceive it, and our perception filter is a big issue when it comes to quantum areas like light). However, all acknowledged that what truly blew our minds was how invalued Art education has become compared to sciences yet this kind of understanding is introductory level for Visual Arts but it is an advanced course in their areas. We tend to use the term "greyscale" when talking about the "black apple" issue though, because of that molecular surface. Yeah "black" isn't inaccurate but remembering how that molecular surface structure is indeed varied and absorbs or reflects/refracts, you'll see several blacks because it won't take away the objects original dimension, just its perception of color value, hence "greyscale". This is important in realistic renderings to understand how it takes all colors to make one but color & value itself are dependent on light amount & source, then translating the type of light color theory into pigment color theory for rendering. Plus, for some who have difficulty holding contrasting ideas, referencing "black" can suddenly make their mind turn a 3d object into something flat & 2D or 1D. There's something about the term "greyscale" that just leaves space in their minds so the mind doesn't shut it out or misinterpret the difference between all or absence of color in white & black. It definately helped the psych students get that grasp. Technical Theatre is really the best subject for teaching this in a practical 'don't just know it, make it happen' way. No matter what technical department you are in, you will need to grasp multiple ways of 'understanding' & 'executing' light & color theory. This is where it can get far more 'real' to the mind when it comes to getting used to knowing white or black as the absence of light, not of color, and ultimately makes things simpler. It's where you learn that Coca-Cola can trick of the eye and how to make it happen intentionally for design & effects. And I'm so sorry to do this, I'm not trying to break anyone, but black apples do exist now. I've never had the privilege to try one since they are not hardy to my area and don't preserve well to travel here, but they do exist and I hear tell they are delicious. Please don't write off the black apple. Give it a chance.

  • @thinkingahead6750
    @thinkingahead67503 жыл бұрын

    I loved the enjoyment you seemed to have making this. It cheered me up. Many thanks.

  • @olivialashbrook7495
    @olivialashbrook74953 жыл бұрын

    I had a heated discussion with some old pals a few years back about this exact subject. Got extremely intense.... BUT I know now that I was totally right, so thank you for this! ☺️

  • @jasons7044

    @jasons7044

    3 жыл бұрын

    No you didn't🧐

  • @ARandomInternetUser08

    @ARandomInternetUser08

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jasons7044 I bet he was, if it obviously was proven right objectively.

  • @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    3 жыл бұрын

    Our Ancestry not Greeks taught this science but white Greeks like Soo Soo many studies gets aLL of the credit, in Our society 👀 🌍

  • @amjadmohmood6391
    @amjadmohmood63913 жыл бұрын

    I always feel a bit down when I open a starktalk video and the co-host is not Chuck Nice. This isn't one of those

  • @seanlyman4049
    @seanlyman40493 жыл бұрын

    This feels like my daily experience teaching physics. I feel Neil.

  • @acimand
    @acimand3 жыл бұрын

    Funniest episode ever. And Chuck is a great foil, because he is expressing the difficulty we all have with the concept. We all know white light contains all the colors, and we all know surfaces absorb all colors except the ones they reflect, but to use those two data points is still a leap of logic that's tasking.

  • @bushwick5313
    @bushwick53133 жыл бұрын

    People definitely looked at me weird when I was yelling "IT'S BLACK! At my phone with headphones on 😂😂

  • @aritzendollar
    @aritzendollar3 жыл бұрын

    🤣 "An object isn't really it's color." I kept thinking, "There is no spoon." 😂

  • @XanderEwald

    @XanderEwald

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is a spoon. The spoon is just not the spoon‘s color.

  • @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    3 жыл бұрын

    The prism's use wavelengths as identifiers to measure its wavelengths. But don't quote me on that 🎓 #blackprism♠️

  • @carultch

    @carultch

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613 Frequency defines color. Not wavelength. Wavelength varies when light enters optically dense media, and therefore changes speeds. Same is true for waves in general when changing speeds. Wavelength changes when speed changes, while frequency remains constant and defines the information carried by the wave. 700 nanometer Red light decreases in wavelength by 25% when it transitions from air to water, but it doesn't become green just because it is now 525 nanometers. Its frequency remains 430THz, and it remains red light. However, there is a limit as to how high we can measure frequency directly. This is why radio waves are identified by frequency, but visible light colors, UV light, and X-rays are commonly identified by wavelength. Measuring wavelength is used as a proxy to measure frequency. We mean vacuum wavelength if we don't otherwise specify the medium of EM waves.

  • @jigartalaviya2340

    @jigartalaviya2340

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@carultch Holy shit.I never thought abt freq and wavelengh this way. For all the toxicity in all the comment sections...sometimes u find this kind of gem. Thx.

  • @scottgrohs5940

    @scottgrohs5940

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just took it as evidence that our eyes lie to our brains.

  • @iii-x-iii
    @iii-x-iii3 жыл бұрын

    Just shared this to my fellow ophthalmic technicians new to our field in our practice. This will give them a perspective of light and how we process colors in our vision. I'm also hoping this will help them understand our patients' description of their vision due to their retina diseases that affects photoreceptor cells.

  • @marknolastname441
    @marknolastname4413 жыл бұрын

    What a hilarious and insightful conversation. Cracked me up, and I learned.

  • @AniruddhaRoyChowdhury3001
    @AniruddhaRoyChowdhury30013 жыл бұрын

    We need more languages in captions. This kind of scientific knowledge needs to be spread into all cultures, all people of all colours.

  • @QQuantum

    @QQuantum

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely agree with you my friend. I can do it into spanish

  • @jeffwells1255

    @jeffwells1255

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait until the p/c weenies get hold of this: they'll scream that talking about blackness is a form of "cultural appropriation" and make up a "neutral" word to describe it.

  • @AnuvabGhosh-sx5eu

    @AnuvabGhosh-sx5eu

    28 күн бұрын

    Then also people are scientific illeterate 😂😂😂😂

  • @2112slee
    @2112slee3 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Neil “okay, now watch” Tyson

  • @bojnebojnebojne
    @bojnebojnebojne3 жыл бұрын

    it's pretty easy to understand this concept as the light our eyes are seeing is the colors that are reflected and not absorbed by any given object

  • @tapdance6767
    @tapdance67673 жыл бұрын

    His attempt to understand by asking Mr. Neil questions really helped me learn the subject matter. I enjoy this type of education. Of course it goes without saying we have an excellent instructor.

  • @nazsuka3249
    @nazsuka32493 жыл бұрын

    Last time i was this early einstein was explaining his theory

  • @5777Whatup

    @5777Whatup

    3 жыл бұрын

    Last time you were this early...she was very disappointed and you made another baby mama.

  • @Zackaria_sMax

    @Zackaria_sMax

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@5777Whatup HA!

  • @seapot9675

    @seapot9675

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice kira prof pic

  • @longgalans
    @longgalans3 жыл бұрын

    Chuck's teeth is brighter than my future lol

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or the absence of black ...he has black teeth lol

  • @allmightjunior6917

    @allmightjunior6917

    3 жыл бұрын

    his teeth reject all colors

  • @bootydoc

    @bootydoc

    3 жыл бұрын

    😭😂😂😂😂

  • @MrChileLimon

    @MrChileLimon

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats a pretty high bar though. A hidden self-compliment perhaps?

  • @shaan702

    @shaan702

    3 жыл бұрын

    All Might Junior reflect*

  • @mossyastronaut4251
    @mossyastronaut42513 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos!! I would enjoy to see more technical episodes! DON’T HOLD BACK NEIL!

  • @Mans1810
    @Mans18103 жыл бұрын

    Awesome guys. Love this kind of content. Funny but more importantly instructive. 🙌🏿

  • @paradoxpax8357
    @paradoxpax83573 жыл бұрын

    Chak is high AF LOL

  • @patricknelson

    @patricknelson

    3 жыл бұрын

    9:40 - Chuck’s mind is absolutely 💥

  • @BlxckJesvs
    @BlxckJesvs3 жыл бұрын

    The “I don’t see color” opening was GOLD, especially for the climate that America is in currently.

  • @TheManWhoTypes

    @TheManWhoTypes

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah...

  • @insane_troll

    @insane_troll

    3 жыл бұрын

    So the color is gold? What does that have to do with the climate?

  • @BlxckJesvs

    @BlxckJesvs

    3 жыл бұрын

    Insane Troll I’m sorry you dont understand what I said

  • @ryanx9372

    @ryanx9372

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@insane_troll shut the eff up and troll elsewhere, like 162u.37794.yt

  • @thomasjohnson6808

    @thomasjohnson6808

    3 жыл бұрын

    For not seeing color he brings it up in every episode. It is quite tiresome and not at all creative or funny.

  • @ravewithyou
    @ravewithyou3 жыл бұрын

    I love it when my mind gets blown. On this channel, that's to be expected. Love you guys so much!

  • @bangkok_as_is
    @bangkok_as_is Жыл бұрын

    the red apple explanation blew me away... i'd never thought of it that way. makes so much sense. thanks a lot 👍🏻

  • @ourunstablemind
    @ourunstablemind3 жыл бұрын

    Chuck has such bright white teeth. He needs to be in a toothpaste commercial, if not already.🙏👍 Regards Joy

  • @tonycmac
    @tonycmac3 жыл бұрын

    More color episodes please! This is enlightening. See what I did there?

  • @tuhaggis

    @tuhaggis

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I'm on your wavelength

  • @Orion225

    @Orion225

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah they should do videos like this more frequently.

  • @originalhazelgreene
    @originalhazelgreene3 жыл бұрын

    11:03 This is an easy and fun demonstration to do. It's mind blowing. Y'all could easily incorporate it into the video

  • @tarunbiruly5379
    @tarunbiruly53793 жыл бұрын

    While procrastinating I always thought about this logic and now I am glad that Dr.Tyson talked about this topic.

  • @viralmath
    @viralmath3 жыл бұрын

    Poor Chuck on this one 😂😂😂

  • @nathanjasper512

    @nathanjasper512

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah he's normally a pretty sharp guy but he was having a tough time today.

  • @sanveersookdawe

    @sanveersookdawe

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nathanjasper512 he had to make his eyes red specially for this episode

  • @ZeniferJenZ
    @ZeniferJenZ3 жыл бұрын

    They're back..... ✨

  • @MarioDallaRiva
    @MarioDallaRiva3 жыл бұрын

    Grrrrrrreat! Stuff. Don't stop with these informative, thought provoking and entertaining videos.

  • @johnnysam3604
    @johnnysam36042 жыл бұрын

    Man you and Chuck have great chemistry together u hope you guys keep this podcast up!!

  • @sscomedy4492
    @sscomedy44923 жыл бұрын

    My brain just exploded. I absolutely love you Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck. You couldn't have found a better match with you two. With Neil deGrasse Tyson being so smart and teaching you the way he does and then you have Chuck on the other hand giving you the comedic relief absolutely love it you guys are the best thank you for what you do.

  • @jgonzalof

    @jgonzalof

    Жыл бұрын

    Chuck sucks. He is not funny at all

  • @ahmedbenmaiza1250
    @ahmedbenmaiza12503 жыл бұрын

    "Keep looking up !! ... " 🖤🤍 Best duo ever !

  • @shabanapindare9278
    @shabanapindare92783 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and entertaining,loved this video too!

  • @josephhayes6071
    @josephhayes60713 жыл бұрын

    As a tritanopia colorblind man - this amused me greatly. I identify by tone - and those RGB numbers are like braille for us folks. Thanks Neil - and that intro music is dope

  • @AnhTrieu90
    @AnhTrieu903 жыл бұрын

    Next time I wear black, I’ll refer to myself as the most colorful person in the room.

  • @aaronseet2738

    @aaronseet2738

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aha, but are you reflecting radio??

  • @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    @thenbwkmtkspktrminc.4613

    3 жыл бұрын

    Neil didn't explain transparency the way Our Ancestry did TEACH the world. But hes a (?) Scientific explanation 👀

  • @AnhTrieu90

    @AnhTrieu90

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Aaron Seet I’ll put some tin foil underneath. That’ll cover radio and infrared.

  • @sandis550

    @sandis550

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you wear black aren’t you the “most colorless person on the room” since black is the absence of color of light?

  • @taishibikiqe8796

    @taishibikiqe8796

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sandis550 Well he's absorbing all the colors

  • @marianfrances4959
    @marianfrances49593 жыл бұрын

    "...i don't care if you are on lsd..." LOL!!😉🇨🇦

  • @williangomes5607

    @williangomes5607

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @SavageDarknessGames

    @SavageDarknessGames

    3 жыл бұрын

    He knew I’d be watching...

  • @MustObeyTheRules

    @MustObeyTheRules

    3 жыл бұрын

    Too bad I’m on dmt!

  • @jonathanjoseph350

    @jonathanjoseph350

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahha

  • @juliannryan5542
    @juliannryan55423 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of how I used to photocopy a print that did not register. I would use a yellow transparency between the paper and the photocopy plate. Worked every time.

  • @aldeharp
    @aldeharp3 жыл бұрын

    The dress colour is about context of what you perceive the light source to be.

  • @marcosfigueiredo4885
    @marcosfigueiredo48853 жыл бұрын

    10:00 was the moment where Neill really reviews his place as an educator in this world: "Farming is nice, why I'm here and not in a farm?"

  • @lucasd.garces435
    @lucasd.garces4353 жыл бұрын

    0:11 that was the same joke that I thought 😂

  • @mgszelda1

    @mgszelda1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right

  • @Katanaz

    @Katanaz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Left

  • @makabuca
    @makabuca3 жыл бұрын

    I can't stop watching you guys, please don't stop making this videos!!

  • @glenmalerotho1099
    @glenmalerotho10993 жыл бұрын

    I really love this man, u know whenever I listen to these 2, I always know that I'm gonna learn something new.. and With Chuck's many questions along side, I assure u man, I understand by force😃#Thanks for mind food!

  • @vansdan.
    @vansdan.3 жыл бұрын

    "don't even say it's gonna be rainbow" i died laughing

  • @sergiozdrums
    @sergiozdrums3 жыл бұрын

    I love this show ! you learn something new and interesting while having a laugh!

  • @robfilms6264
    @robfilms62643 жыл бұрын

    Amazing episode. I want the rest!!

  • @SiberianJew
    @SiberianJew3 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation. But I wish he described what happens on an atomic level. What exactly on the surface of the apple reflects this light and how does it do this? How does a ripening banana turn from green to yellow and what's happening on an atomic level?

  • @alexzandermorgan9356
    @alexzandermorgan93563 жыл бұрын

    I love these guys, I’m so glad they are still making short shows during this “pandemic”. I love being able to learn and laugh at the same time. I get giddy when KZread notifications direct me to a new episode.

  • @hamiltonshamilton9871
    @hamiltonshamilton98713 жыл бұрын

    The baby is at sleep and I’m just here enjoying my cup of Lipton tea while watching these two talking about colours lol best evening ever!!!

  • @drichfanoum6746
    @drichfanoum67463 жыл бұрын

    Ure the reason why im loving science. Thank for making science entertaining and less intimidating

  • @paint3dwight
    @paint3dwight3 жыл бұрын

    As an art teacher, this is my favorite science subject and I love teaching color theory... plus, I had a student during a lecture who had a life changing moment when he realized he wasn't "white" and the people his parents weren't fond of weren't "black." Science and art; changing minds one person at a time.

  • @treetopjones737

    @treetopjones737

    2 жыл бұрын

    Then get into what causes the differences, and also history of Earth and he can realize how ignorant his parents are.

  • @vb2388
    @vb23883 жыл бұрын

    Can you please make a StarTalk video on the recent discovery of possible Life on Venus?

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    They already did! Look in the video catalogue I just watched it today

  • @vb2388

    @vb2388

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cyn OG...where? Send link pls..

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vb2388 www.startalkradio.net/show/cosmic-queries-life-on-venus/

  • @spicysaucysweet

    @spicysaucysweet

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vb2388 sorry I realized I listened to the podcast instead of watching. I do both lol! Enjoy! (PHOSPHENE is the word of the day!)

  • @c.james1

    @c.james1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@spicysaucysweet *Phosphine.

  • @dat_boiijosh4828
    @dat_boiijosh48283 жыл бұрын

    Neil: *Touches his laptop in replace of other dudes Knee when he laughs*

  • @epicon6

    @epicon6

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true :) he is also an arm grabber if it's closer than a knee :)

  • @brisk5648
    @brisk56483 жыл бұрын

    Great interview, great explanation of Neil! Suscribed!

  • @DrumsTheWord
    @DrumsTheWord3 жыл бұрын

    I would have thought that you would have seen gaps in the red can where the text was, but that it would be black...no colour? Unless the red can is red under the white...but then how is the red light going through the text to reflect back from the red can underneath? Does that make sense? Great video!!

  • @garidavid
    @garidavid3 жыл бұрын

    Saludos soy de Ecuador, me encantaría que los videos vengan con subtitulos español. Seria fenomenal.

  • @carultch

    @carultch

    3 жыл бұрын

    To translate for you, in hopes the channel owner is reading: "Greetings, I'm from Ecuador. I would love it if the videos came with Spanish subtitles. It would be phenomenal."

  • @andremorning7427
    @andremorning74273 жыл бұрын

    We want five more color episodes 🤗

  • @Sparrow420
    @Sparrow4203 жыл бұрын

    9:00 about the sodium lamps, they are still very much in use in indoor grow houses to simulate the "summer sun", they are called HPS (high pressure sodium) lamps. they have on the other side a metal halide lamp that emits more in the blue spectrum simulating the "winter sun" (MH lamps) but they are both being taken over by LED systems as the prices drop.

  • @rickhunter7
    @rickhunter73 жыл бұрын

    And now my wife is wondering why I'm yelling "black!" to the phone.

  • @jGRite
    @jGRite3 жыл бұрын

    THAT IS DEEP. From: "The apple is red" to "the apple rejected red". that changes a lot of things.

  • @pier-lucgaranddion1527

    @pier-lucgaranddion1527

    3 жыл бұрын

    I understood that point, but found it pretty moot. Because following that idea, what we call "being red" simply changes meaning to "reflecting the precise wavelength we identify as red". We do weirder things that we all commonly accept in language anyway! (Contradictions in idioms, descriptions, expressions, etc.)

  • @modmaster5152
    @modmaster51523 жыл бұрын

    when your colorblind and still attempting to understand this video

  • @combatx3373

    @combatx3373

    3 жыл бұрын

    What about the blind people.. Pure sadness

  • @bianca3344

    @bianca3344

    3 жыл бұрын

    How do u figure out if ure colorblind?

  • @gildedbear5355

    @gildedbear5355

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bianca3344 several ways. To purposely determine if you're colorblind you would want to take tests which have you look at images made of dots of different colors. They will appear to contain different things (usually letters or numbers) depending on if you're colorblind or not. I'm not sure what type of doctor would perform such a test so the best place to start would be some sort of primary care person. More generally the first clue that people have that they might be color blind is that other people can distinguish between specific colors while the color blind person can't. It's worth noting that MANY people only discover that they are color blind later in life since for them it's normal.

  • @modmaster5152

    @modmaster5152

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Brianca Antunes there are color blind tests all over the internet. The only I use and like is the Encroma color test. It’s online and tells you a lot of info

  • @persephonesdad5792

    @persephonesdad5792

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bianca3344 in most cases someone would suspect you were colorblind and tell you. I once read that the most common color blindness is *blue/black color blindness and is found mostly in men. *Hard to distinguish between blue and black

  • @arod0623
    @arod06233 жыл бұрын

    This episode is so interesting that I had to see back to back

  • @caroldieball4293
    @caroldieball42933 жыл бұрын

    I love these 2 guys! I wish they could have taught every class I've ever taken

  • @robinhampton3218

    @robinhampton3218

    3 жыл бұрын

    If I'd had these guys for my science class, I would have gone into science.

  • @steve-o6413
    @steve-o64133 жыл бұрын

    I remember that from grade school, see Mom I was paying attention even though my grades didn't reflect that...

  • @thomaslane1547

    @thomaslane1547

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's because your grades were *absorbing* all the A's.

  • @gridhop

    @gridhop

    3 жыл бұрын

    🔍

  • @maakjar
    @maakjar3 жыл бұрын

    Love you Niel, one of my hero’s but I feel for you. You were definitely running on running on less sleep before this episode. Stay strong the world needs you

  • @TalaiRain
    @TalaiRain3 жыл бұрын

    Seeing Chuck get stumped makes me feel better about the times that I'm confused.

  • @FM-oc2yv
    @FM-oc2yv3 жыл бұрын

    We waaaaaaant more episodes about colors! This was not enough at alllll…and thank you!

  • @BakaBroadcast
    @BakaBroadcast3 жыл бұрын

    Who else was willing Chuck on so hard lol? "You can do it Chuck!" :D

  • @christianmckee3614
    @christianmckee36143 жыл бұрын

    I’m early! Hey Neil, I love your videos!

  • @buzzottafromhull
    @buzzottafromhull Жыл бұрын

    Just watched this and loved it. ""Resonance" is the key word. A guitar works from the resonance of the string length while tapped or struck (impules) producing a Frequency tone. When you tap (impulse) any objector it will produce a sound or tone. Light is the impules and on any object it touches will produce it's Resonance Color. It all about "Frequencies".

  • @traveltheuniverz
    @traveltheuniverz3 жыл бұрын

    Cosmos S3 was just...... I can't put it into words. It's like Neil lives in my head. Loved it and I can relate to so much

  • @pery0012
    @pery00123 жыл бұрын

    Imagine what my mom could see in her mind: she's daltonic. So the apple never was really Red or the Absence of Red...because she lacks the center of the macula on both eyes. She lives in a parallel universe :). That's how cool she is ;)

  • @deathstroke8639

    @deathstroke8639

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is pretty cool

  • @MusicInMyJeans

    @MusicInMyJeans

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you mean colorblind?

  • @pery0012

    @pery0012

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MusicInMyJeans Yes, she has daltonism (or colorblind). Fun fact: is usually a male's problem by statistics, so she is also rare.

  • @MusicInMyJeans

    @MusicInMyJeans

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pery0012 Although I wouldn't want it, the statistic side of it is pretty cool. Thanks for the edu :)

  • @moeg8220
    @moeg82203 жыл бұрын

    Sending Dr. Tyson some love from Jeddah ❣️

  • @gregpedersen9473
    @gregpedersen94733 жыл бұрын

    You two are so funny and enjoyable to watch. Oh yeah and informational too😁👍

  • @Krappenschitz
    @Krappenschitz3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! The apple would not be perfectly black under a sodium lamp, since even a highly absorptive object will have a non-zero reflection coefficient. It would appear the same color as the ambient light, but dimmer than, for example, a mirror next to it. The coke can anecdote makes perfect since that's a highly reflective surface.

  • @gyozakeynsianism
    @gyozakeynsianism3 жыл бұрын

    NDT: "The apple will be black." CN: " ... " Hilarious.

  • @patricknelson

    @patricknelson

    3 жыл бұрын

    Insert Windows startup sound. I think he crashed his brain!

  • @ShiftingDrifter
    @ShiftingDrifter3 жыл бұрын

    Actually, I think the apple would be something "near black" as in the grey scale, because no apple is precisely red. Imperfections of shades in the grey scale will still reflect.

  • @tiff2422
    @tiff24223 жыл бұрын

    This was a funny and knowledgeable episode...I love it!!!!!

  • @jude_foster280
    @jude_foster2803 жыл бұрын

    Can I just say that this comment section is the most interesting and intellectual I’ve ever seen . There’s full thrown debates about wheather light is a physical inherent property or if it’s a process in our brains that perceives it as real . Amazing

  • @keppela1
    @keppela13 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone else wish he explained why all paint colors mixed together don't make white?

  • @TheManWhoTypes

    @TheManWhoTypes

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because pigment isn't the same as light

  • @frogz

    @frogz

    3 жыл бұрын

    he did, in a way, red apple is all colors BUT red so it absorbs all colors and reflects red same with a blue apple being all colors BUT blue and green apple being all colors but green so if you mix all of the colors together, it absorbs all colors so it becomes black(or kinda muddy brown/grey that approaches black)

  • @TheManWhoTypes

    @TheManWhoTypes

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@frogz All paint colors mixed together absorb all light. Meaning it reflects no light. This is perceived as black. Now if the object reflects all colors of light it comes out as white. Because all of the colors are reflected into our eyes and combined to create white light. A pigment being a color means it reflects that color and absorb all other colors. A colored light is ACTUALLY that color.

  • @keppela1

    @keppela1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hmm, I've heard twice that all paint colors mixed together absorb all light. Why? Why wouldn't they reflect all light? I mean, each color reflects one color, so if you combine them all, would all colors be reflected?

  • @TheManWhoTypes

    @TheManWhoTypes

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@keppela1 the only reason we're able to see anything is because light reflects off stuff and is analyzed by your brains through the cones and rods in our eyes. They interpret the different wave lengths of light that we see as color. The farther apart the peaks of the waves the closer to red. The closer the peaks are the more blue the light appears. This is the visible light spectrum as perceived by the typical human mind. Our sun produces white light. So anything you see as color is actually absorbing all other light and reflecting the color you see it as. A red apple 🍎 reflects red. But it absorb all other colors. The blue 🥏 reflects blue but absorbs the red. Now if you take all the color of paint possible and combine them into one you will absorb all of the light. This means none of it can reflect back to the rods and cones in our eyes and be analyzed as a color. Just as how if you were in a room with no light you would not see anything. No matter the color of anything

  • @JesusMendoza-fy6xf
    @JesusMendoza-fy6xf3 жыл бұрын

    I swear 3 seconds ago I was literally watching vsauce talking about light speed

  • @niftylittlename

    @niftylittlename

    3 жыл бұрын

    @J G vsauce posted a video 1 month ago what you talking about?

  • @InnerLuminosity

    @InnerLuminosity

    3 жыл бұрын

    We are light

  • @MyBiblicalRomance
    @MyBiblicalRomance3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for everything you’ve done for the world Dr Neil

  • @UzairJSherwani
    @UzairJSherwani3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!! Need more Eps on COLORS definitely!!!

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