This reminds me of an experiment I’ve wanted to do for some time, but don’t have the necessary equipment for. I’d love to see it tested by someone who do.
Take multiple light sources each shining in only one frequency, that can be dimmed, in specific triplets. Quickly eyeballing it I’d suggest [420nm, 550nm, 600nm] and [460nm, 500nm, 570nm].
using a normal white light source as a reference, first adjust the relative intensity of each triplet so the combined light appears white, then scale the combined light (probably by simply altering the distance) to the same intensity.
Both lights should now appear identical. if they don’t make further minor adjustments.
Look at them side by side, until you can see the colour out of space. :)
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This reminds me of an experiment I’ve wanted to do for some time, but don’t have the necessary equipment for. I’d love to see it tested by someone who do.
Take multiple light sources each shining in only one frequency, that can be dimmed, in specific triplets. Quickly eyeballing it I’d suggest [420nm, 550nm, 600nm] and [460nm, 500nm, 570nm]. using a normal white light source as a reference, first adjust the relative intensity of each triplet so the combined light appears white, then scale the combined light (probably by simply altering the distance) to the same intensity. Both lights should now appear identical. if they don’t make further minor adjustments. Look at them side by side, until you can see the colour out of space. :)
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Why do you want to do this?
Because seeing tetracromaticaly would be awesome, even if it’s only possible in contrived settings.
Do you expect that setup to feel much different than say, putting florescent and incandescent bulbs next to each other?
I think you need some special equipment to actually see tetrachromatically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy#Possibility_of_human_tetrachromats
My neurology intuition has proven useful in the past, and I trust it a lot more than that wikipedia article.