THE VIDEO SHELF · color perception
Brown; color is weird
Technology Connections explains why brown is not a spectral color but a context-dependent perception, essentially dark orange seen against brighter surroundings.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN repeatedly recommends it as a surprisingly magical explainer on color perception, often cited in color-space discussions.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Technology Connections
- Topic
- color perception
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 8
- HN mentions in dataset
- 14
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I love how well that channel is doing. It's an endless rabbit hole of fascination. I will never look at the color brown the same way again: [VIDEO]
abracadaniel on Hacker News · 2022-01
In Google Kills YouTube OriginalsOr Technology Connections who made me watch a 20 minutes videos on the color brown and makes it feel like magic [VIDEO]
maximus-decimus on Hacker News · 2024-08
In If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying AttentionFyi on a semi-related topic I learned from a fascinating Youtube video... the color "brown" is a psychological construct[0]. But from an RGB perspective ... there's no such color as "brown"; it's actually just "orange" in a particular context: [VIDEO] [0] pedantic alert: yes "every …
jasode on Hacker News · 2020-09
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