Why is night vision green?

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Why is night vision green?

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So ELI5 (wildly oversimplified, and slightly incorrect) version: most night vision uses green phosphorus. This means that the image displayed is green tinted. There are white phosphorus goggles that display an image that is black/white. Essentially the type of chemical used in the physical components of the goggle tint the resulting image.

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