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Q: What do you call the passage of light through an object?
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What do you call an object which light can not pass through?

An object through which light cannot pass is known as opaque.


What do you call an object that lets light travel through it?

It is called transparent object I think


How do you describe an object that does not let light pass through?

You would call such an object opaque.


What do you call an object that lets no light pass through?

opaque objects


What do you call an object that if light passes through it without any scattering?

It is called "transparent".


What do you call an object that does not produce light?

We call it 'wingardiem leviosa'


What do you call an that makes its own light?

a luminous object


What do you call an area where direct light form a light source is blocked by object?

A shadow.


Why substance are coloured?

The color of an object is determined by its inherent properties and the light source used to illuminate it.Some colors are absorbed, some are reflected and others can pass through (if transparent). Which is which and how much - is determined by its wavelength. The reflected light is what we call the color of the object.


What do we call a transfer of heat into and through a solid object?

Conduction


What is it called when light that can travel through something?

Objects that allow most light to pass through are described as transparent. In contrast, translucent objects allow some light to pass through, but don't let you see objects. Opaque objects allow no light to pass through.


What do you call the appearance of an object created by the quality of light it absorbs or reflects?

color