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Here’s why the color on your computer looks like ‘hideous sludge’

Science can explain.

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Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Posted on Mar 21, 2015   Updated on May 29, 2021, 6:21 am CDT

You’ve probably never noticed it before but the colors on your computer aren’t quite right. According to this video, they’re broken.

The way colors blend on screen results in a “hideous sludge,” the cause of which can be traced right back to bizarre kinks in human perception.

How do we fix it?

Alternatively, someone can just fix our very strange brains. Easy.

Screengrab via MinutePhysics/YouTube

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*First Published: Mar 21, 2015, 5:56 pm CDT

Patrick Howell O'Neill

Patrick Howell O'Neill is a notable cybersecurity reporter whose work has focused on the dark net, national security, and law enforcement. A former senior writer at the Daily Dot, O'Neill joined CyberScoop in October 2016. I am a cybersecurity journalist at CyberScoop. I cover the security industry, national security and law enforcement.

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