Why does wearing a color “bring it out” in your eyes?

Question

Normally if something is blue-green, and you surround it with green, by contrast it will look more blue. So why do eyes do the opposite and look more green when surrounded by green?

In: Biology

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I can’t exactly answer your question as to *why* it is like that but the effect you describe plays a role for [complementary colors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_colors).