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Scientists invent ‘Olo’, a colour never seen before

Updated on: 20 July,2025 10:31 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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To display Olo, researchers first mapped the unique pattern of cone cells in each person’s retina

Scientists invent ‘Olo’, a colour never seen before

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Scientists at UC Berkeley have tricked the human eye into seeing something entirely new: a colour no one has ever seen before. They call it Olo, a saturated peacock green that makes even the brightest colours in nature seem washed out. The breakthrough comes from a technology named Oz, a laser-based system that can control up to 1,000 individual photoreceptors in the retina with pinpoint precision. Our eyes rely on three types of cone cells in the retina — S, M and L — to detect blue, green, and red light. But because M and L cones have overlapping sensitivity, about 85 per cent of the light that stimulates M cones also triggers L cones. No natural wavelength can activate M cones alone.Oz changes that. By targeting only M cones with tiny pulses of green laser light, the system bypasses nature’s limitations, letting the brain perceive Olo. Participants described it as blue-green, like peacock feathers, but far more vivid. To display Olo, researchers first mapped the unique pattern of cone cells in each person’s retina.

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