Denise was momentarily blinded when paparazzi snapped her picture using a blue flash. Following the flash, she saw spots for several minutes. Based on the opponent-process theory of color vision, the spots that Denise saw
A) would be yellow.
B) were most likely red.
C) were probably green.
D) would also appear to be blue.

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According to the opponent-process theory, the blue flash would fatigue the blue-yellow opponent channel, causing the afterimage to appear in the complementary color, which is yellow.

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