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Sources of light may be natural, such as sunlight or skylight, or artificial, such as light from incandescent or gas-discharge lamps. The way in which energy is distributed with wavelength determines the color of the light and, consequently, the color of objects seen under the light. Photographers know that the color response of the film they use must be matched to the type of light used to illuminate the object.
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Rossing, T.D., Chiaverina, C.J. (1999). Light Sources. In: Light Science. Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21698-0_6
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