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  2. Chromostereopsis - Wikipedia

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    Chromostereopsis. Blue–red contrast demonstrating depth perception effects. 3 Layers of depths "Rivers, Valleys & Mountains". Chromostereopsis is a visual illusion whereby the impression of depth is conveyed in two-dimensional color images, usually of red–blue or red–green colors, but can also be perceived with red–grey or blue–grey ...

  3. History of optics - Wikipedia

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    History of optics. Modern ophthalmic lens making machine. Optics began with the development of lenses by the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians, followed by theories on light and vision developed by ancient Greek philosophers, and the development of geometrical optics in the Greco-Roman world. The word optics is derived from the Greek term ...

  4. Prism (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Prism (optics) A familiar dispersive prism. An optical prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that are designed to refract light. At least one surface must be angled — elements with two parallel surfaces are not prisms. The most familiar type of optical prism is the triangular prism, which has a triangular base ...

  5. On Vision and Colours - Wikipedia

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    A blue band then overlaps an orange band while a violet edge covers the yellow. The qualitatively divided retina (color) is thus reunited in full activity, resulting in achromatism (the absence of color). If an observer looks through a prism at a white disk on a black background, two subsidiary images are seen.

  6. Anti-reflective coating - Wikipedia

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    Uncoated glasses lens (top) versus lens with anti-reflective coating. The reflection from the coated lens is tinted because the coating works better at some wavelengths than others. An antireflective , antiglare or anti-reflection ( AR ) coating is a type of optical coating applied to the surface of lenses , other optical elements, and ...

  7. I tried those Pair Eyewear glasses with the magnetic ... - AOL

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    I ordered a pair of, er, Pair glasses with black frames and a navy-blue top, because I'm boring. My only regret is that I didn't choose something fun like The Retro Batman.

  8. Visible spectrum - Wikipedia

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    White light is dispersed by a prism into the colors of the visible spectrum. The visible spectrum is the band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light (or simply light). The optical spectrum is sometimes considered to be the same as the ...

  9. Theory of Colours - Wikipedia

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    Theory of Colours. Light spectrum, from Theory of Colours – Goethe observed that colour arises at the edges, and the spectrum occurs where these coloured edges overlap. Theory of Colours (German: Zur Farbenlehre) is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the poet's views on the nature of colours and how they are perceived by humans.