If you were told that the opponent-process theory was preferred over the trichromatic theory to explain color vision, which of the following statements would logically support that statement?

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The opponent-process theory explains color vision as a system where colors are perceived in opposing pairs: red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white. The existence of complementary afterimages supports this theory because it suggests that viewing one color can fatigue the cells responsible for seeing that color, leading to the perception of its opposite color when looking away, which is consistent with the opponent-process theory's mechanisms.  Ewald Hering theorized that colors produced complementary afterimages because one element of the system became fatigued from overstimulation and thus increased the relative contribution of its opponent element.

If You Were Told That the Opponent-Process Theory Was Preferred