eli5: Why is it impossible to imagine new colors?

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eli5: Why is it impossible to imagine new colors?

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Humans can process three channels of color: red, green and blue. This is why we can’t see other colors that exist.

The mantis shrimp can process 12 channels of color. We can’t even imagine what a rainbow looks like to them.

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