Why a Blue Challenger Looks Brighter
The effect is a visual trap. A circular lamp appears as a white coin across the cobalt-blue Challenger's curved panel, while the surrounding blue seems to rise with it; the paint has not begun producing photons, but its surface has received more light to redirect. Borrowed glow, nothing more.The circle gets too much credit. Illuminance, the light arriving at the panel, and the source's solid angle...More
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