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Aristotle also believed that light is changed into color by mixing with the darkness that is caused by interactions with matter. Newton proposed just the opposite: light is composed of spectral hues, all different and all colors. He also stated that color is a sensation within the mind. It is not a property found within the material itself.
Isaac Newton: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Physicists)
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