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A group of scientists might have discovered a new color thanks to a unique retina stimulation technique that targeted specific photo receptors in the eye.

By stimulating thousands of individual cone cells, researchers made volunteers see a blue-green color of "unprecedented saturation." ...

Before we’re old enough to even see over the dashboard, we learn that green means go and red means stop. This internationally recognized traffic light color system is standard in most of the world.