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Red light waves are almost double the length of blue or violet light waves. Wavelength is inversely proportional to frequency; red light has a higher frequency than blue light.

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Q: In the light spectrum are red waves shorter than blue waves?
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What kind of light has a wavelength shorter than green light is it red light raido waves X-rays or infrared waves?

In th visible spectrum blue and violet light are shorter than green. x-rays are way shorter than green.


The color of light is determined by of the light waves.?

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Are the wavelengths of light at the red end of the spectrum longer or shorter than those at the blue end?

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The color of the light is determined by what of the light waves?

The colour of an object is determined by the wavelengths of light it reflects. An object that is purley one wavelength (lets say a specific wavelength in the blue part of the spectrum) would be absorbing all visable wavelengths except that specific blue wavelength.


Why is the light reaching us from celestial objects shifted towards the red or blue end of the spectrum?

Due to something similar to the Doppler effect. A wave reaching us from an object travelling towards us will look shorter than the same wave from an object travelling away from us. In light shorter waves gets bluer end longer waves get redder.


Why is light reaching us from some celestial objects shifted toward the red or blue end of the spectrum?

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Why is the light reaching us from some celestial objects shifted towards the red or blue end of the spectrum?

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Is visible light a shorter or longer wavelength energy in this spectrum?

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Can you see all of the radiation waves?

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White light consists of what?

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