Editing Color (section)

=== Afterimages ===
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After exposure to strong light in their sensitivity range, [[photoreceptor cell|photoreceptor]]s of a given type become desensitized.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gersztenkorn |first1=D |last2=Lee |first2=AG |date=Jul 2, 2014 |title=Palinopsia revamped: A systematic review of the literature. |journal=Survey of Ophthalmology |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=1–35 |doi=10.1016/j.survophthal.2014.06.003 |pmid=25113609}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bender |first1=MB |last2=Feldman |first2=M |last3=Sobin |first3=AJ |date=Jun 1968 |title=Palinopsia. |journal=Brain: A Journal of Neurology |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=321–38 |doi=10.1093/brain/91.2.321 |pmid=5721933}}</ref> For a few seconds after the light ceases, they will continue to signal less strongly than they otherwise would. Colors observed during that period will appear to lack the color component detected by the desensitized photoreceptors. This effect is responsible for the phenomenon of [[afterimage]]s, in which the eye may continue to see a bright figure after looking away from it, but in a [[complementary color]]. Afterimage effects have also been used by artists, including [[Vincent van Gogh]].