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How Does a Movie Projector Show the Color Black?


There’s no such thing as black-colored light. So how can we see Darth Vader on a screen?

If you put a small drop of water on your phone screen, it will act as a magnifying glass and you can actually see the RGB lights inside. If that was the case, you couldn't tell the difference between a projected black color and the screen without the projector even on. So when Darth Vader makes his appearance in the original Star Wars, striding through Princess Leia’s spaceship?

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