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on the basis of how do we see different colors from a body see the experiment:

let us consider an object which consists of the 7 colors. now all the seven colors having different refractive indexes of their own will meet at different points. but to see the all the colors the intersection must be at the retina. so only one of the color must be seen, isn't it?

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  • on 2011-02-13 08:29:54
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Jon-Richfield says:

You have a point but you take it too far.

If you do not believe that what you describe actually does happen then either write a program, or use a word processor to display coarse patterns in stark blue against stark red, or vice versa. Large bold letters will do nicely. If you are feeling adventurous, program the colours to alternate at perhaps two to five times per second. It makes a great screensaver because no one wastes time looking at it for long instead of working. Apart from any aesthetic feelings, the nasty senstion you get is because the wavelengths of the red and blue differ the most among the colours available on an RGB screen.

For more routine examples these effects also occur, though not as sharply. You may notice that an object can be moderately out of focus and still usefully visible, but for fine distinction in testing your focus, optometrists commonly use pure colours; the old black-on-white charts are only for rough work (which is good enough for everyday purposes.)

In any case, remember the retina is neither a mathematical point nor even a plane; there is a bit of leeway. If all our vision had to be perfect all the time we could never see anything clearly.

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posted on 2011-02-13 15:11:10 | Report abuse


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Jon-Richfield says:

As a follow-up to what I said about contrating colours and focussing, have a look at today's Valentine greeting at Google! (2011/2/14)

Saint Valentine must be wearing his wildest shades in self-defence! Guess who won't be getting any nookie this year if he has anything to do with it!

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posted on 2011-02-14 07:10:00 | Report abuse

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sid910 says:

I still donot get my answer. i mean seven different points of intersection of the 7 colors and a single retina. it is much complex than it is. just take a digital camera whose lens is not even flexible but still is able to focus the colors at a single point.

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posted on 2011-03-01 06:45:45 | Report abuse

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Jon-Richfield says:

No it doesn't.

What made you think it might?

How do you suppose a digital camera's sensor works?

How great do you suppose the difference will be anyway, in a space as thin as a retina or a camera sensor.

And seven colours? If you are going to be picky, why not 7777777 colours? Or a continuum? Same principle, no? We normally work in terms if three colours because we have three visual pigments. Some birds have four. For them it is only a little more complex, but it works on the same principle.

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posted on 2011-03-01 16:43:36 | Report abuse


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