While visiting the art museum,Laura stared at a black and white photograph in a red frame for over a minute.When she looked away from the photograph she saw an afterimage of a rectangle.Consistent with the opponent process theory the image she saw was
A) green.
B) red.
C) blue.
D) yellow.

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According to the opponent process theory, the afterimage of a black and white photograph in a red frame would be green. This is because the opponent process theory states that the visual system processes color in pairs of opposing colors, such as red and green, blue and yellow, and black and white. When one color in a pair is stimulated, the other color is inhibited. In this case, the red frame would stimulate the red-green opponent process, and the afterimage would be green.

While Visiting the Art Museum,Laura Stared at a Black and White