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Do We Dream in Color?
Episode 68 explores why some people remember dreams as intensely colorful while others describe them as muted, gray, or almost black and white. Most people appear to experience color in many dreams, but dream color varies because dreams are internally generated rather than direct recordings of the outside world.
The episode explains that visual areas of the brain can become active during vivid dreaming, especially in REM sleep, allowing the mind to construct colors, shapes, faces, and scenes without external light entering the eyes. However, remembering a dream after waking is imperfect…
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