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as seen in daylight is the sensation resulting from the synthesis by the eye of the whole spectrum of radiation falling upon the object and returned to the eye after scattering or diffusion by the material of which it is composed”
Thus we may conclude that according to Raman the chromatic sensation (ie the perceived colour or Coin our notation) depends upon the energy of light corpuscles reflected or transmitted by the body, is dependent on some peculiar property inherent in the material of the body, and therefore the quality possessed by the material of the body is the deciding factor in the perception of colour It should be noted that the perceived colour (Cp) is not identical because 'Cp is a function of Co, Lands
We may summarise the above discussion thus -
The difference in emission and absorption of light by different coloured surfaces is the effect of some innate quality in the material object and light acts merely as a medium for the perception of the colour and not for its existence 15
From the above discussion we can get a fair idea of the characteristic quality called colour which, according to Jain view, is an inseparable innate property of all material objects
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COLOUR'IN COSMOLOGICAL STUDIES Colour, one of the four inherent qualities of matter has been a boon to inquisitive mankind in general and scientists in particular More than that it has been the cause of many spectacular advances in some of the sciences (and even arts) Astronomers in their quest of knowledge of the universe are able to probe
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