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Explain why there are different colors of visible light

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Question: GoodMorning: ) ✨ Explain why there are different colors of visible light ?

Answer: WAVELENGTHS OF VISIBLE LIGHT

As the full spectrum of visible light travels through a prism, the wavelengths separate into the colors of the rainbow because each color is a different wavelength. Violet has the shortest wavelength, at around 380 nanometers, and red has the longest wavelength, at around 700 nanometers.Light is made up of different wavelengths, or colors, and white light is a combination of all of them. When a ray of white sunlight hits a patch of beach ball, the paint absorbs most of the wavelengths. It reflects the rest. For example, if the patch is blue, it reflects the blue wavelengths and absorbs all the others.

Explanation: Here are the 7 from shortest to longest wavelength.

Violet - shortest wavelength, around 400-420 nanometers with highest frequency. ...

Indigo - 420 - 440 nm.

Blue - 440 - 490 nm.

Green - 490 - 570 nm.

Yellow - 570 - 585 nm.

Orange - 585 - 620 nm.

Red - longest wavelength, at around 620 - 780 nanometers with lowest frequency. Electromagnetic waves have many different wavelengths and frequencies that span a range known as the electromagnetic spectrum (Fig. 1.1). Light is a narrow range of electromagnetic waves that the eye can detect. Light of different wavelengths produces different perceptions of color.

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