That would explain a *negative* afterimage, but explaining a positive
afterimage is more difficult.

Doug Wallen wrote:

> A short answer would be the rapid and substantial bleaching of the
> photopigments in the receptors in the retina. The afterimage fades as the
> photopigments are regenerated.

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