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by joseda-hg 566 days ago
I'd have taken it more as, reflected light would be better than straight to the eye light
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How does the eye even "know" which kind of light it is? What's the difference, is one spectrum smoother and the other spiky or what? That's the part where a citation is needed.

Paper is more pleasant on the eyes for many reasons that don't apply to a reflective very bright projector screen.

This is me being a 100% armchair physicist, but I'd theorize it'd be something like trying to iluminate a room with a flashlight vs pointing it to a white (diffusive?) surface, counter intutively you achieve better* ilumination with the aditional diffusive surface

* Better for say, photography