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Mary’s room knowledge argument

The knowledge argument (also known as Mary's room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank…

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Iridescence

Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear to gradually change colour as the angle…

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Harmony color

In color theory, color harmony refers to the property that certain aesthetically pleasing color combinations have. These combinations create pleasing…

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Grassmann’s laws in color science

Grassmann's laws describe empirical results about how the perception of mixtures of colored lights (i.e., lights that co-stimulate the same…

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Farnsworth-Munsell 100 hue test

The Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Color Vision Test, or Munsell Vision Test, is a test of the human visual system often…

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The dress viral phenomenon

"The dress" is a photograph that became a viral Internet sensation on 26 February 2015, when viewers disagreed over whether…

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Dominant wavelength

In color science, the dominant wavelength (and the corresponding complementary wavelength) are ways of characterizing any light mixture in terms…

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Colourant

A colorant or color additive is a substance that is added or applied in order to change the colour of…

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Brown color in science and nature

Brown is a composite color. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is made by combining…

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White color in science and nature

White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue), because it fully reflects and scatters all the visible…

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