strictly speaking, objects have spectra (reflectance, transmission, absorption...) what you see is essentially a convolution of the spectrum, of the object with the spectrum of the slight source. which is often called simply "color of the object".
does this settle the subject? best, mishka On 3/8/06, Keith McGuinness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > Or you could take a photograph, on daylight WB, under flourescent > lighting. The photograph will show the one set of colours but > your eye will see different colours. What are the real colours of > the scene? > > You might then begin to realise that the situation is not nearly > so simple as you seem to think. > > Keith McG > >
