'''Chromatics''' is the science of color. Newton showed that white light is composed of many different colors. This can be seen with a [[prism]]; a [[rainbow]] exploits the prismatic quality of raindrops.
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'''Chromatics''' is the science of color. [[Isaac Newton]] showed that white light is composed of many different colors. This can be seen with a [[prism]]; a [[rainbow]] exploits the prismatic quality of raindrops.
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Newton also showed that "the colors we observe are the result of how objects interact with the incident, already-colored light, not the result of objects generating the color." [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Isaac_Newton#Optics]
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Newton also showed that "the colors we observe are the result of how objects interact with the incident, already-colored light, not the result of objects generating the color." <ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Isaac_Newton#Optics</ref>