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Can your eyes only see colors that bounce off or are reflected by an object?
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Yes, everything you see is the light that is reflected by objects/materials. It is the properties of a material that determines the color of the light it reflects.
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If all the colors of light are reflected to eyes an object will look?
White
What happens to the colors of white light when it hits opaque colored surfaces?
any colors that are not part of the color of the object are absorbed by the object. light of the colors that do make up the color of the object are reflected back to your eyes.
Why does a specific color reflected by an object give color to it?
White light contains all the colors mixed together. A colored object has a pigment on its surface that ABSORBS all these colors except one. This one color is reflected back off the object. Thus, as we see the object by this reflected light coming from the object into our eyes, the object appears to be colored.
Is red light reflected or absorbed by an object if the object appears red to your eyes?
Reflected
Why does a red tomato appear to be red under a red filter?
The reason is because the color of the object's pigment is reflected to our eyes whereas other colors are absorbed.
If all the colors of light are reflected to eyes an object will look?
White
How light determines color?
White light contains all colors, as white light hits an object certain colors (ranges of wavelength and frequency) are absorbed by the object while others are reflected. The colors reflected are what are seen by our eyes, thus those colors reflected dictate the color of the object. For example, the average green plant reflects light at frequencies of 5.76 x10^14 (green) which then is seen by our eyes and our brains then determine the object is green
What happens to the colors of white light when it hits opaque colored surfaces?
any colors that are not part of the color of the object are absorbed by the object. light of the colors that do make up the color of the object are reflected back to your eyes.
Why does a specific color reflected by an object give color to it?
White light contains all the colors mixed together. A colored object has a pigment on its surface that ABSORBS all these colors except one. This one color is reflected back off the object. Thus, as we see the object by this reflected light coming from the object into our eyes, the object appears to be colored.
Is red light reflected or absorbed by an object if the object appeares to your eyes?
Reflected
Is red light reflected or absorbed by an object if the object appears red to your eyes?
Reflected
Why does a red tomato appear to be red under a red filter?
The reason is because the color of the object's pigment is reflected to our eyes whereas other colors are absorbed.
How does light determine an objects's color?
Light determine an object's by the wavelength of light that reach to your eyes.light can reach your eyes after being reflected by an object,transmitted through an object,or emitted by an object.When your eyes receive the light,they send signals to your brain.Your brain interprets the signals as colors.
What does a blue object look like in yellow light?
It's called "A Blue Object" because when light of many colors falls on it, it reflects the blue light toward your eyes and absorbs all the other colors, including yellow. So if yellow light is the only light falling on it, the light is all absorbed, none is reflected to your eyes, and the object appears black.
When is an object seen?
You don't actually see the object you see the light that has reflected off of it, that reaches your eyes. What you see is actually in the past. first the light hits it then it travels to your eyes to the optic nerve from there to the brain where it gets sorted out to make sense to you. This all happens so quickly that you may as well have actually seen the object, unless of course it is many light years away like the stars where you can see objects that have stopped being what you see millions of years ago. -someone I am reading in my science book and it says that 'When white light strikes a colored opaque object, some colors of light are absorbed, and some are reflected. Only the light that is reflected reaches your eyes. The colors of light that is reflected by an opaque object determine the color you see.' -Haileybh
How do you we see non luminous objects?
We see object from the light they either produce or reflect. The Sun gives off light waves. An object absorbs all colors but what you see. The reflected light then travels to your eyes where it is interpreted.
What happens when light energy hits an object?
The light gets reflected from the object and into your eyes so you can see
