Submitted by romxza t3_102kyc4 in askscience
Prestigious_Carpet29 t1_j68qfaf wrote
Reply to comment by dmmaus in How close does one need to bring two coloured lights together to perceive a compound colour effect? by romxza
Yes.
See metamerism
This is also why paint-matching can be a huge problem. You can get two paints that look the same colour under one lightsource (eg. daylight) but are visibly different under a different source (e.g. fluorescent, or sodium streetlights)
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