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1 Sep 2024 16:18:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: ambient light handling  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 1 Feb 2001 11:20:47
Message: <3a798cdf$1@news.povray.org>
"Hans-Detlev Fink" <hdf### [at] pecosde> wrote in message
news:3A79860F.B5E9A568@pec.os.de...

<SNIP>

Isn't this a slightly circular arguement? A pure black object is pure black
because it doesn't reflect any light. It's not that a black object doesn't
reflect any light, it's that an object that doesn't reflect any light
appears black. The colour is the result, not the cause. I'll shut up know.


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