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What causes the spectrum of colors seen in gasoline splotches on a wet street?
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∙ 10y ago
That is caused by constructive and destructive interference, between the light that gets reflected from the upper and the lower side. Normal daylight is a mix of many different colors, which have different wavelengths; therefore, the different colors will be affected differently in a certain part of a splotch.
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∙ 10y ago
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What causes the different colors in the spectrum?
Visible light contains all of the colors with in the spectrum. The only way we see color is the bending and refraction of the visible light sending certain wave lengths back, which our brain interprets as different colors.
What are the 12 colors of the spectrum called?
Hues (Apex)
What colors create white light?
All the colors of the spectrum.
Are there breaks between the colors of the spectrum?
No
What causes iridescence?
Iridescence is caused by the cancellation of colors. Iridescence is the phenomenon whereby interference of light waves of mixed frequencies reflected from the top ad bottom of thin films produces a spectrum of colors.
A sentence for Spectrum?
The colors of the spectrum were the colors of the rainbow.
What causes the different colors in the spectrum?
Visible light contains all of the colors with in the spectrum. The only way we see color is the bending and refraction of the visible light sending certain wave lengths back, which our brain interprets as different colors.
Does the invisible spectrum contain all colors of the rainbow?
If there were colors, that part of the spectrum would not be invisible.
How do prisms create a spectrum of colors?
Prisms create spectrum of colors by the cause of refraction.
Are specific spectrum of electromagnetic radiation the cause for color if true which causes which?
Not exactly. Different colors are different frequencies of light. "Spectrum", on the other hand, refers to an analysis of a mix of wavelengths.
What colors does the invisible spectrum contain?
Infrared and ultraviolet are the invisible colors at the opposite ends of the light spectrum.
The mixture of colors in white light is called the spectrum?
The spectrum
Do the rainbow and the spectrum have the same or opposite colors?
A rainbow is a spectrum.
What are the 12 colors of the spectrum called?
Hues (Apex)
What is a spread of colors?
A spectrum.
What kind of spectrum shows all the colors?
a white spectrum because white is made up of all colors.
What colors create white light?
All the colors of the spectrum.
