The Color of Nothingness
Discover the bizarre scientific truth behind what you actually see when you close your eyes in pitch-black darkness.
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Discover the bizarre scientific truth behind what you actually see when you close your eyes in pitch-black darkness.
Full transcript of The Color of Nothingness
You have never actually seen absolute darkness. When you shut your eyes in a pitch-black room... ...you don’t see black. You see a warm, static gray. Scientists call this color Eigengrau, or intrinsic light. Your optic nerves are constantly firing tiny electrical pulses... ...even when there is zero light to detect. Your brain interprets this background static as a faint glow. So when you look into the deepest void... ...you are actually just staring at your own brain's electricity.