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Olo (Color)

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Re: Olo (Color)

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Post by soupspaces »

IAmBroom wrote: post #23
gste wrote: post #18

> Only the five subjects of the Berkeley experiment have officially seen olo. Basically equivalent to source: trust me bro

The word "officially" is the massive wiggle-word here. Only one person on Earth has officially seen the color of my coffee mug. Send me Venmo for $10, and I'll officiate your viewing of the attached JPG....

I'd heard of weasel words but now that you mention it they do tend to be rather wiggly

Re: Olo (Color)

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Post by rebeccajae »

jhiesey wrote: post #40
hdz wrote: post #16

The closest approximation to Olo colored paint you can buy is also by the company that makes some of the blackest black paint. I haven't used it personally. https://culturehustle.com/collections/paint/products/yolo-ne...

Note that there has been controversy for the last few years around Culture Hustle not fulfilling orders and doing other sketchy things. Just a heads up.

I had ordered something from them and it took me initiating a chargeback for them to ship anything at all. The product that arrived was of terrible quality, and their customer support email is completely useless as well, any email gets a canned "your email is very important to us!" style response. My bank denied my second chargeback request because they had technically shipped something.

Re: Olo (Color)

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Post by evanb »

purplethreads wrote: post #52

> The color is named after its theoretical LMS color space coordinates (0, 1, 0), which spells "olo" in leet speak. :) Hm, so is it correct to also call it ultragreen ? In the same way that ultraviolet is the same effect but for short waves? In this regard, it can’t be that novel of a discovery.

This page, which predates the recent olo work, calls it psychedelic aquamarine. https://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/colour/primary.html

Re: Olo (Color)

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Post by zahlman »

> Olo was discovered on April 18, 2025 by scientists at UC Berkeley.[1][3] The color is named after its theoretical LMS color space coordinates (0, 1, 0), which spells "olo" in leet speak.[4][3]

I presume "loo" and "ool" are in-gamut? What hex values?

Re: Olo (Color)

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Post by xpct »

Since colors are an activation of rods and cones, could we simulate them by stimulating the eye nerves directly? Not necessarily to see new colors, but to replicate the experience of sight? If we managed that, wouldn't it feel exactly the same as seeing something in nature that itches the back of the eye so nicely? I suppose this is entering the brain interface territory.
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