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. 2021 Aug 23;31(16):R982-R983.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.072.

Colors

Bevil R Conway  1
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Colors

Bevil R Conway. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

Bevil Conway introduces colors.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. The Annunciation (detail), c. 1434/1436 by Jan van Eyck, Oil on canvas.
Image courtesy of the National Gallery, Andrew W. Mellon Collection. The colors of the angel’s wing follow the spectrum and circle back on it, bottom to top, BIVROYGB.
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