The dictionary definition of colour describes the phenomena as a sensation produced on the eye by rays of light when resolved into different wavelengths, as by a prism, selective reflection, etc.1 ; inferring that the perception of colour is produced by a sensation' caused by differing wavelengths of light acting on the eye rather than colour being a property inherent in the object being viewed. Light itself is also defined as the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible, and consists of electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 nm2 ', a...

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