Wall, E. J. (Edward John), 1860-1928 · Boston, Mass., American Photographic Publishing Co. · leaf 16
COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY 4 meets a reflective layer; if the substance possesses selec- tive absorption, then the reflected light is colored. The absorption or suppression of a particular spectral region gives color, and this is roughly shown in the ac- companying diagram. Fig. 2. It will be seen that with… … I On the left of the above diagram is given the color . that is absorbed and on the right the residual color. It will at once be seen that while we are accustomed to talk of yellows, blues, crimsons, etc., these are not simple colors, but the sum of those spectral regions that are left when a…
Color photography
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