Does this look white to you? • 2015 • Physics Girl

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When you mix red and green, what do you get? White light is all of the colors, right? So, how do computer screens show you every wavelength of light? Or do they?

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Physics Girl • 2015 • 1 episode •

Does this look white to you?

Does this look white to you?

When you mix red and green, what do you get? White light is all of the colors, right? So, how do computer screens show you every wavelength of light? Or do they?

2015 • Brain

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