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 cohost 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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About the prints that flank Neil in this video:
"Black Swan” & "White Swan" limited edition serigraph prints by Coast Salish artist Jane Kwatleematt Marston. For more information about this artist and her work, visit Inuit Gallery of Vancouver https://inuit.com/.

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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