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Chloeoxox | 13:29 Sun 19th Oct 2008 | Science
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the lamp gives out white light but when you look through a green filter it appears to be green. How is this possible?
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White light contains a mixture of colours which appear white to our eyes. The green filter absorbs some colours leaving relatively more of the greenish hues to reach us.

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