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Originally posted by phredgreen
when you shine white light on an orange, it reflects everything it's supposed to, because white is the amalgamation of all colours, so the orange can reflect all of the colours it's supposed to reflect. now turn off the white light and turn on a red light. the orange, along with everything else, will be a shade of red, because that is the only light available to reflect. in the absence of any light, there is nothing to reflect, so it isn't anything.
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...so an orange with red light shining on it is red?
I like the idea that it's colourless though. When I've had this debate before, it's always been black vs. orange (with occasional comments that if there is a particular mold on the orange it will be luminous and therefore a kind of aqua colour).
Killconey, we're assuming an orange orange
