For me, learning a new concept always required a lot of focus time plus a healthy amount of suffering by trying things myself. I always felt bad for being slow, but I eventually understood that it was okay to take longer than others to learn something new. It's all good.
Reminder perceptual color models like Oklab exist and they are much better at interpolating colors than regular sRGB. Notice the lower saturation and value in the center of the first gradient: