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|    Frank to Jonathan de Boyne Pollard    |
|    Re: Navy Blue    |
|    09 Aug 11 12:13:19    |
      XPost: alt.usage.english, sci.physics       From: frankperiodlogullo@comcast.net              On 8/9/2011 11:28 AM, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:       >> Back in the days when I wore a suit every day, it was disconcerting to       >> notice - during the day - that I had on one black sock and one blue       >> sock. In the morning, taking the socks from the drawer, they both       >> looked black to me.       >       > Did you see them under two different kinds of lighting?              Phenomenon is called metamerism:              > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamerism_%28color%29              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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