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A special chemical is added to the ink called an optical dye. The optical dye kind of makes normally invisible elements of the color such as ultra-violet visible.

Have you ever noticed how some white clothes have a blue appearance? Again this is the effect of optical dyes used in laundry detergent to attempt to make a "whiter" white.

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