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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Colors' Color
« on: 31/08/2006 04:29:05 »
i beg to differ. you can start from any three colors 120 degrees apart on the color wheel and make any other color additively or subtractively, just as well. try it out if you don't believe me.
as far as the cones reacting to all wavelengths, this is not exactly clear. they do react to a range of wavelengths. obviously, they do not react to infrared or ultraviolet or anything beyond that. what i was referring to, was the maximum of each kind of cone. each one has a global maximum sensitivity correlated to a primary color. one of them (i forget which- violet, or maybe green) acts goofy with a couple of local maxima as well.
as far as the cones reacting to all wavelengths, this is not exactly clear. they do react to a range of wavelengths. obviously, they do not react to infrared or ultraviolet or anything beyond that. what i was referring to, was the maximum of each kind of cone. each one has a global maximum sensitivity correlated to a primary color. one of them (i forget which- violet, or maybe green) acts goofy with a couple of local maxima as well.