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Two side-by-side circles: the left is filled with concentric rings of purple, teal, green, and yellow, while the right is an empty outlined circle with a small black dot in the center, used to demonstrate colored afterimages.

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Two side-by-side circles: the left is filled with concentric rings of purple, teal, green, and yellow, while the right is an empty outlined circle with a small black dot in the center, used to demonstrate colored afterimages.

Colored afterimages

If a person stares for about 30 seconds at the colored disk under a clear light and...

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