Question

White light shines on a piece of paper whose atoms are capable of absorbing orange, indigo, violet, yellow, red, blue, and green. What color is the paper?

black

white

brown

gray

Answer 1

black

Step-by-step explanation:

Among the visible electromagnetic spectrum, the piece of paper absorbs all the colours, so it will not reflect any colour from the spectrum of light which comprises violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red thus will appear black.

Any object appears of the same colour which it does not absorbs from the white light but reflects back to our eyes.

An object partially absorbing all colours of the light will appear to be grey in color.

Answer 2

Black

Step-by-step explanation:

The color of an object is the color that it does not absorb.

The piece of paper absorbs all colors in the seven colors that make the white color; therefore, its color has to be black.