Optics > Vision > Physiology |
DCS# 6J11.20 |
RETINAL FATIGUE
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APPARATUS
document camera or laptop
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colored image
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DESCRIPTION
Stare at a
point on the image for about 30 seconds. Remove the image and its
negative afterimage can be seen on the white screen.
Overstimulation of color receptors in the eye causes them to become
"fatigued". The white screen minus the fatigued color produces
the complementary color.
NOTES
- http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color1.html
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by Eric Carle