[NTLK] Green is the best, here's why

Doug ispinn at gmail.com
Tue May 5 12:55:05 EDT 2020


Sylvain reported that he was disappointed with white backlights.

When you look at the basic curve for brightness sensitivity of the
human eye based on wavelength (or color) of light:

< en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision#/media/File:Eyesensitivity.svg >

it's the green receptors in the human eye that end up in the sweet
spot; green backlights are best. The Newton team got that one right
all these years ago.

Doug



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