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Vehicle moving in foggy weather use yellow colour headlight? Why not red, as it was least scatter?

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Yellow light supposedly penetrates further because of its long wavelength, but it's still much smaller than fog particles. The scattering effects of fog are essentially independent of wavelength. Any color would do just as well. So does white, and there's no reason to put on a filter.

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