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Helena-Niki
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Colors

Post by Helena-Niki »

If colors are really light being reflected, then do we only see them as colors because that is how our brain interprets them?
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Post by deleted-71417 »

Hi,

In a word, the answer is yes. A somewhat more detailed answer is here:

http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/19954

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultran ... ision.html

Hope this answers the question.

Best regards,

Barrett L Tomlinson
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