Research from Finland is threatening to overturn an understanding of how we see colour that has held sway for nearly 50 years, says Christopher Surridge.
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Surridge, C. In the heat of the light. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000113-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000113-9