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Old 05-02-2018, 08:33 PM   #23 (permalink)
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We all know what red and yellow is. The existence of orange does not disprove red and yellow.
Are we talking Newtonian color theory or Goethean color theory. Because it's all an illusion based on black and white.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_colours



My room's windows are filled with Fresnel lenses*, so the shadows all have psychedelic fringes. Like the rightmost column it's mostly white with red/yellow along one side and blue/violet at 90°.

*14" square, out of old overhead projectors, if you're wondering.
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