Comment by davidivadavid

Whether you see it as having science behind it or not really depends on what problem you're considering.

There are some interesting in-depth articles about how people build those palettes and ramps that you might find interesting:

https://uxplanet.org/designing-systematic-colors-b5d2605b15c

https://design.lyft.com/re-approaching-color-9e604ba22c88