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A highly saturated impossible color shade of blue-green produced by directly stimulating the "m" ("green") cone cells, approximating the below

3 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈəʊləʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈoʊloʊ/General-American
  1. A highly saturated impossible color shade of blue-green produced by directly stimulating the "m" ("green") cone cells, approximating the below

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Where this word comes from

From the binary number 010 (but converting the digits 0 and 1 to the letters "o" and "l"), representing the activation of the middle-wavelength (m) cone cell type, colloquially known as the green cone cells, while not activating the short (s) blue cones or long (l) red cones.

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