If magenta light falls on a cyan object, what colour will the object appear to be and why?

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Solution

If magenta light falls on the cyan object, the object will absorb the red from the magenta and reflect the blue.
Hence, the object will appear blue. as shown in the figure below:
(R + B) - R = B.

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