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- From: pstryjew@colsun.Central.Sun.COM (Pete Stryjewski)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
- Subject: Perceiving "Neon/Florescent" Colors
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:56:08 GMT
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- How does the human eye perceive "Neon/Florescent" color (i.e. hot pink, blaze
- orange, the Crayola Florescent Crayons)?
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- I assume it has something to do with absorption of UV light, but where in the
- spectrum do they reside? Are they hiding in the "visible" spectrum? How are
- the dyes made, I can't make them with additive mixing of the three primaries.
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- I haven't been able to get an answer to this question for years (well, I just
- asked a couple people, that is the extent of my research).
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- Answers/Ideas?
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- Pete Stryjewski
- pstryjew@colsun.Central.Sun.COM
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