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Why are blue lights harder to see?

In fairy lights the blue ones can be harder to resolve: why?
27 April 2017
Presented by Izzie Clarke. 
Production by Izzie Clarke.
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David wanted to know why the blue lights he saw in Christmas trees were often harder to make out. Izzie Clarke spoke to Dr George Dobre from Kent University to shed some light on the issue.

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