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  Re: Color maps in light sources  
From: Trevor G Quayle
Date: 6 Jul 2006 14:40:00
Message: <web.44ad5818f5c530ec150d4c10@news.povray.org>
Hugo <hug### [at] yahoocombr> wrote:
> I searched the docs but couldn't find anything about the use of color
> maps in light sources. Can anyone explain to me how it works or point me
> where I can read about it?
>

Can't find any references at the moment, but I believe that the use of
colour_mapin light sources is primarily used for photons with dispersion.
You can use it to map the spectrum of the light that will be visible when
using prisms, etc.

-tgq


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