Chapter
The Foundations of Science
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Good experimental results were produced in the 1800s by excellent calculators with experimental abilities, who laid the bedrock for various fields including light, electricity, electrodynamics, hydrodynamics and more. Prevailing notion that right light can be modified or tinted to produce colors has been inexistence since antiquity.
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The prevailing notion prior to the 19th century was that white light was modified to produce color.
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white light, color
Summary
The prevailing notion prior to the 19th century was that white light was modified to produce color. The work of scientists like Newton, Young, and Maxwell contributed to our understanding of light's nature as both wave and particle, and resulted in color being considered a property of light itself.