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When you say something is “red” it’s actually every color except red since red is the color being reflected off the object. (discuss.tchncs.de)
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What’s your new favorite color now???

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[–] Hypersapien 11 points 1 year ago

When we say something is a certain color, we're talking about the color reflecting off of it. It's color is the color that actually reaches our eyes.