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26.3 Color and Color Vision

Three cone types encoding hue, the spectra emitted by different light sources, and retinex constancy that keeps colors stable as light shifts.

College Physics 2e, 26.3 Color and Color Vision

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26.3 Exercise 1

A student sees a piece of paper sitting on a table. Which of the following would not result in the student observing the paper as yellow?

Yellow light shines on a black paper.
White light shines on a yellow paper.
Yellow light shines on a white paper.
Red and green lights shine on a white paper.

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