Is purple truly a colour, or merely a clever illusion created by the brain? According to scientists, purple doesn’t exist on ...

Purple Isn’t Real, Science Says. Your Brain Is Just Making It Up. You might say it’s just a pigment of your imagination. By Elizabeth Rayne Published: Apr 09, 2025 1:00 PM EDT.

Do you know the colour purple isn’t the real colour but an illusion where your eyes don’t see purple—your brain does. Purple has dominated our cultural imagination for centuries.

The Purple Brain. By William Saletan. Jan 09, 2009 10:54 AM. ... There, the question has been whether to award the Purple Heart for post-traumatic stress disorder. This week, ...

This isn’t the first time our brains have surprised us, either. Scientists have recently learned that anxiety actually rewires the brain, and that we can undo that rewiring in some ways.Not to ...