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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 19 points 4 months ago

It’s actually all just white light at different wavelengths, which tricks your brain into seeing different “colours”.

[-] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 13 points 4 months ago

White light is the combination of all those wavelengths. It is only the combination that makes it "white" in exactly the same way that a smaller range of wavelengths are "red" or "blue".

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 4 months ago

Making your brain do exactly what it's supposed to do is a weird way is "tricking" it.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

no actually it's white light with different phase shifts and because the earth is flat, the surface temperature of the sun tricks your brain into thinking it is red

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