afterimage

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When you flip the light off, the afterimage will be extremely clear and blue, and will trick your mind into believing it to be reality.

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  1. noun A visual image that persists after the visual stimulus causing it has ceased to act. Also called photogene.

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  • These include color bleed, screen texture, afterimage -- all matters we discuss in the book.
  • This moon image or circular afterimage was still with him. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • I screamed an obscenity and clapped a hand over my face, but not before a negative afterimage was burned into my retinas. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
  • Print and Send, like a flashbulb going off in your face, only the afterimage is as clear as the picture, and it doesn't fade, it doesn't go away. —  Futures Imperfect
  • When he turned away, the violet afterimage was slow to fade Even the familiar lotus-rose city aroma had been enhanced for the occasion, wafting overtones of vanilla, nutmeg, and musk Vincas approved of Takata's deft restraint and vowed to praise the sorcerer appropriately. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2007
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