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What colour light would be seen emerging from a cyan filter if a yellow light is shone into it. Explain thoroughly.
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What colour light would be seen emerging from a cyan filter if a yellow light is shone into it. Explain thoroughly.

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Blue

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Magenta absorbs its complementary color - green. Thus, green is subtracted from cyan light. That leaves blue light to be transmitted by the filter. For this reason, the filter will appear blue when illuminated with cyan light.

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