Question

Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by

Answer 1

Answer:

opponent process theory.

Explanation:

Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by using opponent process theory.

The opponent process theory suggests that one color pair dominates the other color. For instance we  often  see yellowish-greens and reddish-yellows, however,  we never see reddish-green or yellowish-blue colors. The hypothesis was originally suggested in the late nineteenth's century by the German physiologist Ewald Hering.

Answer 2

Answer:

The opponent-process theory

Explanation:

The opponent process theory is based on the human visual system and according to the theory the interpretation of the color is done by the photo-receptors rods and cones in the human eye.

This theory states that the perception of color is governed by the two opponent system which includes - a red-green, a blue-yellow and a black-white mechanism.

Any activity in one of these restricts the activity in the other.