What colors of the visible light spectrum are absorbed by black objects White objects?

Answer 1

The color of something actually depends on the wavelengths of colors reflected from the objects chosen. For instance, a red apple is red because of the red wavelengths in white light get reflected, while others are absorbed. Actually, if a red apple were to be illuminated by light, the apple would have a black appearance. Now back to the point, when light is absorbed by a black object, the energy of the object carried by When light is absorbed by a black object, the energy carried by the light doesn't just disappear like that. Instead, it raises energy of the object causing the absorption. The object carries the absorbed energy by emitting much longer wavelength, with lower energy infrared (heat). This process of light into heat is like a key to understanding the process. Light doesn't just disappear when struck onto a black object. It's actually transformed into some other species of radiation that could be either radiated from or retained into the black object.

Answer 2

Objects absorb every wavelength of light within the visible spectrum except for the color of which it is, and that wavelength is reflected. Black objects absorb almost all the light incident upon it, which is also why black objects get hotter than white objects.

Answer 3

All colours of the visible light spectrum are absorbed by black objects and that's how you "see" black. All colours of the visible light spectrum are reflected by white objects and that's how you "see" white. Not very clear? Go to this page for more info on visible spectrum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum

Answer 4

Of all the colours of the spectrum, black absorbs the most wavelengths of visible light. Light from the sun, for example, contains the full spectrum of visible colours, and whereas something white will tend to reflect all that light away from itself, black things absorb all that light instead of reflecting it. Therefore, a black-coloured object will capture the most energy from light out of any other colour.

Answer 5

Colors absorb the light that the color is and reflects the rest so with black most.

On the color spectrum, white is the absence of all color, black is the result of all color. The reason the black interior of your car gets very hot in the sun is that it absorbs the whole spectrum.

Answer 6

Red absorbs heat more that pink or yellow but less than dark colors like black or dark blue.

Answer 7

in my opinion i think the light rays would not be absorbed but instead blocked this is why black is not transparent.

Answer 8

Any opaque black object will absorb all visible colors of light.