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Do certain colors fatigue eyes faster?

Yes, this is true according to several sources.

This study(1) by Yale University states:

... certain parts of the spectrum, namely, yellow and blue-green, exert a fatiguing effect upon the eye which is different from that of red, green or blue.

This book(2) says:

Color

  1. http://ajplegacy.physiology.org/content/65/3/569.short

  2. https://books.google.ch/books?id=XPgaAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA53&dq=yellow+colors+fatigue+eyes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm2-rt8JPQAhUaT48KHah5B-0Q6AEINzAC#v=onepage&q=blue%20and%20yellow%20fatigue&f=false [Wisconsin Library Bulletin, Volumes 73-74]

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