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When only one color of light reflects from a piece of paper, what happens to the other colors of light? Remember that light is energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed.
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When only one color of light reflects from a piece of paper, what happens to the other colors of light? Remember that light is energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed.

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The other colors of the electromagnetic spectrum are absorbed by the substance and not reflected. If you were to look at it in infared or unltraviolet it would reflect different colors than those of the visible spectrum.

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