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How Do We See Color?
Roses are red and violets are blue, but we only know that thanks to specialized cells in our eyes called cones.
When light hits an object – say, a banana – the object absorbs some of the light and reflects the rest of it. Which wavelengths are reflected or absorbed depend... |
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