Consider the experiment in which you stared at a green, black, and yellow flag for 60 seconds, then looked at a blank sheet of paper and saw the image of the red, white, and blue U.S.flag.How does the author explain this phenomenon?
A)It is a hallucination
B)It is a delusion
C)The trichromatic theory says colors have opposites that activate with exposure
D)The opponent-process system describes this as color afterimages.

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The phenomenon is explained by the opponent-process system, which describes how colors have opposites that, when one is stared at for a prolonged period, the opposite color can appear as an afterimage when looking away, hence the red, white, and blue flag seen after staring at a green, black, and yellow flag.

Consider the Experiment in Which You Stared at a Green