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The appearance of a material depends on its optical properties, which, in turn, depend on the interaction with the electromagnetic field of the incident light. Two principal groups of optical properties can be distinguished: those resulting from molecular property averages and those caused by local deviations from these averages. Refraction, absorption, and diffraction phenomena belong to the first group; scattering effects belong to the second group. Conversely, the appearance of a material can also be related to its geometrical properties or its color characteristics. The former influences such properties as gloss, haze, transparency, and opacity; the latter influences parameters such as shade, saturation, and strength of color.
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Elias, HG. (1984). Optical Properties. In: Macromolecules · 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7367-8_14
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