A study undertaken by the researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of York has shed light on human ability to process colors, reported Mail Online.
The study has revealed that the perception of colors by humans differs between seasons and the reasons why people across the world agree on their perception of the color unique yellow.
PhD student and lead author, Lauren Welbourne, said: "What we are finding is that between seasons our vision adapts to changes in environment."
She further added that Human's vision adapts itself to the changes in environment, so in summer the human vision is exposed to far more green than it is exposed to in other seasons.
She told MailOnline: "The shift we see in the unique yellow settings in the summer is towards shorter wavelengths - i.e. towards a more 'greenish' yellow.
"The unique yellow shifts to longer wavelengths in the winter, i.e. towards a more 'reddish' yellow."
The study involved the testing performed on 67 men and women in the months of January and June. The sixty-seven participants were put in a dark room and allowed to adjust to the light in the room. They were then asked to adjust the color unique yellow on a machine called a colorimeter.
Welbourne said that the results of the study will not aid in the treatment of any eye disorder, but will certainly help in learning about how humans see the world around them.
The research is published in the Journal Current Biology.
