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Originally Posted by grant hutchison
Indeed. The whole story has been around for a long time, and is covered as such in many standard textbooks. . . .
Indeed, Phil seems to have done more background research than Glenn Smith, since in his section on the blue sky (Chapter 4) he explains why the sky doesn't appear violet, and mentions that: "... your eye is more sensitive to blue light than it is to violet."
Grant Hutchison
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Okay, guys, Thanks for all your responses and information re my original post here! Much appreciated. I was not aware Phil had indeed covered this in his book. I haven't read it. I made the incorrect assumption (hunh, imagine that!) that since the issue of metamers and how the eye percieves different wavelengths of light wasn't mentioned in his article in the Misconceptions page of this site, that perhaps he hadn't been comprehensive enough.
Live and learn! Thanks again to all! Hopefully I will continue to live some more and learn some more,... and not make those annoying assumptions as often - I don't figure I can eliminate them altogether.
