RE: Weird Stuff About Light and Color

You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

Weird Stuff About Light and Color

in color •  8 years ago 

Your eyes only have the three types of cones, each with they spectrum of affinity. All colors are merely a mix of these affinities.
Other terms for reflective colors exist: copper, at least.
The pigment thing is easy: pigments are subtractive, leaving only the desired spectrum reflecting from a white light.

color
8 years ago by

Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

  • Disagreement on rewards
  • Fraud or plagiarism
  • Hate speech or trolling
  • Miscategorized content or spam

Submit
$0.00
    1
    Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
    If you enjoyed what you read here, create your account today and start earning FREE STEEM!
    Sort Order:  
  • Trending
    • [-]
      ·  8 years ago 

    There's a theory (hypothesis?) that some people have two types of retinal cone for detecting red spectrum colours and they tend to have a deeper appreciation for colour because their additional cone type gets fired up by certain things...

    Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

    • Disagreement on rewards
    • Fraud or plagiarism
    • Hate speech or trolling
    • Miscategorized content or spam

    Submit
    $0.00
      1 vote