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Q&A Black as color of magic

I am trying to create "black magic" with a visual black effect with lore backing (it is for PC game). How can I create this effect, either optically or neurologically? I am not talking about hue ...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Prahara‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Aliza‭

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Q&A Can the color of an alien sky be calculated solely from atmospheric composition and the star's (or stars') spectral type(s)?

What exactly are the relevant numbers for such a calculation, and can it account for the color of the sky? By sky color, I mean the day to day hue that humans (or something else with very similar ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by John O‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by John O‭

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Q&A Could a dichromatic animal distinguish red and green but not blue?

If a dichromatic mammal had better night vision than a human, including tapetum lucidum, could they see large (red) and medium (green) light wavelengths but not small (blue)? Would something simila...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Tanya‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Tanya‭

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Q&A Could a dichromatic animal see red?

So I'm not really sure whether I get it right or not, but apparently most mammals are dichromatic. Humans have three cones that detect light wavelengths, small for blue, medium for green, and large...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Tanya‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Tanya‭

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Q&A What Colour would a sulfuric acid lake be?

I was thinking of an interesting landmark to put on my conworld, and I went with the "large body of acid" trope. This lake would be about the size of Lake Superior, and near the equator. The atmosp...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Would living on around Alpha Centauri change how our eyes see color?

I am writing a sci fi novel in which one of the primary factions is a lost space colony sent to Proxima Centauri (Alpha Centauri C) roughly 350 years prior on a generation ship. The trip took rough...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by TitaniumTurtle‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Color-Adjustable Eye

I'm providing an interesting twist on the Anatomically Correct series by focusing on a single body part instead of an entire organism. The following image depicts the average range of the cones ...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Can a Sunset Be Black (Infrared)?

Fact 1: The cause of a sunset is from the angle of the sunlight, because the amount of scattering increases as the light passes through more and more of the atmosphere. Fact 2: Higher frequency ...

6 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Would plants on a planet orbiting a star like ours, have any different color?

So I'm currently designing an alien habitable planet that orbits a star similar to our Sun. Assuming that the composition of the planet's atmosphere, as well as its pressure, are similar to the one...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΙΧΑΗΛΙΔΗΣ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΙΧΑΗΛΙΔΗΣ‭

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Q&A Perceiving color like a native

Assumptions One habitable world in each system (blue sun system and yellow sun system). The two worlds are fundamentally Earth-like. The native humanoid species on each world are genetically comp...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by JBH‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by JBH‭