The outlines of physics: an elementary text-book (1897)
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd. · leaf 433
arrowslit. Colors differ also in saturation. This term denotesthe absence of admixture of white light. In proportion asthe white light is done away with, and the tint becomesmore and more intense, it is said to be more and moresaturated. There is, in all ordinary cases, a considerableamount of… … VISION AND THE SENSS OF COLOR 419 385. Dependence of Color upon the Character of the IncidentLight. — Colored objects are capable of modifying the lightwhich falls upon them only by process of absorption. Theycan therefore reflect back no rays which do not reach them.The colors which they present…
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