What are the wave lengths of the different colors of light?

Answer 1

- Long wavelengths

- Mid-size wavelengths

- Short wavelengths

The reddish colors are the long wavelengths, the mid-size wavelengths are the greenish colors and the short wavelengths are the bluish colors.

Answer 2

Wavelengths of the visible spectrum*:

380-420 nm: violet,

420-440 nm: indigo,

440-500 nm: blue,

500-520 nm: cyan,

520-565 nm: green,

565-590 nm: yellow,

590-625 nm: orange,

625-740 nm: red.

Related Information:

* The data, above, is based on average human visual abilities. Some can see wavelengths slightly shorter than 380 nm, into the ultra-violet range, and some can see wavelengths slightly longer than 740 nm, into the infra-red range. Additionally, in terms of perception, there is some overlap throughout the range. There are many animals that visually function through, and outside, this range.

More Information:

White light, as from the sun, has all the different colors in it. They fit together seamlessly and all have different wave lengths. At the short end of this spectrum, is violet and at the other end, is red. Violet's shorter wave lengths are more penetrating than the longer red wave lengths. The remainder of the spectrum is invisible to us, having wavelengths that are too short or too long for our eyes and nerves to process.