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  Re: Trivial (for this bunch) puzzle  
From: somebody
Date: 30 Dec 2009 21:49:48
Message: <4b3c114c@news.povray.org>
"Le_Forgeron" <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote in message
news:4b3b5ebf$1@news.povray.org...
> Le 30/12/2009 14:30, somebody nous fit lire :

> > There are two light sources, pure red and green, practically coincident
and
> > pointing in the same direction. You place a filter that's a perfect
yellow
> > blocker in the path. What colour light would you see past the filter?

> My answer: I would perceive yellow.
> If I was a prism, I would get a red and a green ray.
> [...]
> Last point, you did not talk about the intensity of each light sources...

I knew I could not trick this crowd!

In general, I have a beef with 3-color models being taught as physical
models instead of a model only for the human visual system. Even
professionals who should know better often fail to differentiate the two.


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