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If a plane glass slab is placed on letters of different colours, then red coloured letter appears to be raised minimum, why ?

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The apparent normal shift `= t(1 - (1)/(mu))`
As `mu`, is lowest among visible colours, the red coloured letter appears to be raised minimum.
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