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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Light is made of different wavelengths, which are like different strands. Your eyes can only see certain strands, and since there are only so many strands, we have seen all the colors you can make with those strands.

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