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by ugh123 576 days ago
Webb uses mid-infrared to capture the image. I'm not sure if they then assign colors arbitrarily.

Hubble uses visible light and I prefer this image from an artistic standpoint as it seems to capture depth better.

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It's not arbitrary. They assign colours in order based on wavelength, so the shortest wavelengths will be bluer and the longest wavelengths will be redder.
Makes sense. Thank you