Sir Thomas Young Proposed the Existence of Only Three Colour

question 8

Multiple Choice

Sir Thomas Young proposed the existence of only three colour receptors.How did he explain the sensation of so many other colours?

• A)He could not explain the sensation of other colours,although many years later another scientist did.
• B)All other colours are additive or subtractive combinations of the colours he identified.
• C)The brain "learns" to sense other colours,but only after experience with the first three.
• D)All other colours were afterimages of the three colours he identified.

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