- The human eye's sensitivity to light varies with wavelength, which corresponds to different colours. - The photopic (daylight) vision of the human eye is most sensitive to wavelengths around 555 nanometers (nm). - This wavelength corresponds to the green-yellow part of the visible spectrum.
Among the colours mentioned below the eye is most sensitive to colours between
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2008 · Topic: Optics (Optical Instruments: microscopes, telescopes, human eye)
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