A new optical illusion asks whether a series of dots is purple or blue — but your answer might not be as reliable as you think

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Participants shown 1,000 dots ranging in very blue to very purple were asked to classify the dot colors. When scientists reduced the blue dots, participants subconsciously changed their definition of "blue" so it would include more of the dots they were being shown.

Move over Yanny and Laurel, put The Dress back in the wardrobe: there’s a new optical illusion in town – and it might just reveal something rather fundamental about humanity.

The question is simple: is this dot purple or blue? That is what a team of researchers asked in a new study published in the journal Science. We all know what colors are – what could go wrong?See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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