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Line 48: ==Importance for vision== The vast majority of visible objects are seen primarily by diffuse reflection from their surface.<ref ~~Exceptions~~name="z">{{cite include objects and materials that reflect specularly, such as glass, and glossy objects, and objects that themselves emit light. Additionally, [[Rayleigh scattering]] is responsible for the blue color of the sky, and [[Mie scattering]] for the white color of the water droplets in clouds.book ~~Light scattered from the surfaces of objects is by far the primary light which humans visually observe.<ref name="z">{{cite book~~ \|author=Kerker, M. \|title=The Scattering of Light Line 64 ⟶ 62: \|year=1926 }}</ref> Exceptions include objects with polished (specularly reflecting) surfaces, and objects that themselves emit light. [[Rayleigh scattering]] is responsible for the blue color of the sky, and [[Mie scattering]] for the white color of the water droplets in clouds. ==Interreflection==

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