Light - Surface interactions

A surface has 4 types of interaction with light:

• Diffuse reflection - light is reflected uniformly with no specific direction
• Specular reflection - light is reflected in a specific direction
• Diffuse transmission - light is transmitted uniformly with no preferred direction
• Specular transmission - light is transmitted in a preferred direction

More about reflection.

More about transmission.

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