... the phenomena as a sensation produced on the eye by rays of light when resolved into different wavelengths, as by a prism, selective reflection, etc.1 ; inferring that the perception of colour is produced by a sensation' caused by differing wavelengths of light acting on the eye rather than colour being a property inherent in the object being viewed. Light itself is also defined as the natural agent that ... attaches colour through the process, or mediation, of perception to the object in view. Objects themselves play no part in the attributing of colour excepting the phenomena of refle...

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