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Date: Around 1993
Question:
I have some special 'coated' glasses. This coating is supposed glare from computer screens etc. When white, or sunlight shines on them, they reflect a greenish color (to the light). I think that the coating must absorb several colors of white light, but why cannot I notice a difference? What does the absorption spectrum look like for these coatings?


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Usually glasses that reduce glare do so with polarizing filters. Glare from terminal screens may be different, though. There are glare reducing covers for most screens, but I am not sure how they work.

John Hawley


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