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White light. The colors that we see are actually the colors NOT absorbed by the object they strike: for example, if the sun's light strikes a pink triangle, it is because the triangle absorbs all the frequencies of light EXCEPT for the color pink. If the only color we see is green reflected off a car, then all wavelengths of color are absorbed except for green.
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How does the moon light up?
The Moon is mainly illuminated by the Sun. All other light sources, like other stars, reflection of light from planets, are negligible.
How is the moon able to provide light to the earth?
It is all reflected sunlight.
What things is reflected from natural light?
Many things are reflected from natural light, for example: Solar power light, iron, metal, tin foil and planets (all), moon, mirror. But there are much more too.
What do all colors of light combined equal?
White for light source or black (actually dirty brownish) for reflected light. White
When is all of the sun's light being reflected off the moon?
During a full moon.
Is a mirror opaque or translucent?
Opaque- it does not allow any light to pass (all light is reflected back).
What colors are reflected from black?
no color can be reflected from black because it absorbs all the light!!! but anything can be reflected off of white and all those light colors...
Why the color of crumpled plastic white?
The color of crumpled plastic is white because it reflects light of all wavelengths in the visable range. Light is reflected from a reflective surface at approximately 2 precent of the total light shining on it. When there is a second reflective surface beneath it light is also reflected but if both photons are in the same phase then the square of the total from both surfaces is reflested back ie. 16 percent, if they are out of phase they cancel out and no light is reflected. So when several reflective surfaces are layerd most of the light is reflected. If it is illuminated by white light then white light will be reflected.
How is the color black formed?
Light is made up of 7 colours, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. So when light reflects off, say, an orange book, the colour orange is reflected back into your eyes and the orange book absorbs all the other colours, making us see orange. When we see black, no light is reflected. All the colours are absorbed so no light is reflected back into our eyes, making black. Hope this helped! ;)))
When not all of the light is reflected is the light called absorbed?
Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.
What is an albedo effect?
The fraction of the total light incident on a reflecting surface, especially a celestial body, which is reflected back in all directions.
Why does sunlight reflected off a mirror onto an already sunlit surface appear to be much brighter?
When sunlight hits the wall it is reflected back in all directions. Some of it hits your eye and some of it hits the mirror. The light that hits the mirror re-reflected back to its source and strikes the wall again. That light is then re-re-reflected of the surface and some of it reaches your eye. Basically, the light that would have normally gone elsewhere is given a second chance to reach your eye.
Why an object absorbs all the colour and appears as black?
Because if all light is observed then nothing is reflected back to our eyes so that we can distinguish between colours.
Why does a specific color reflected by an object give color to it?
White light contains all the colors mixed together. A colored object has a pigment on its surface that ABSORBS all these colors except one. This one color is reflected back off the object. Thus, as we see the object by this reflected light coming from the object into our eyes, the object appears to be colored.
Does the frequency of light change when it is reflected?
No. Otherwise, we would have seen new colours when light is reflected, since all the colours have different frequencies.
Light cannot be reflected by shiny materials?
Most of the materials that are shiny is because almost all the incident light is reflected back. Aluminum foil shines more than a sheet of lead because aluminum has less rigid area on its outer surface reflecting light effectively. Opaque glass slab also reflects almost all of the incident light.
How will light hitting a solid surface be reflected back?
when a light ray is thrown on a PLANE surface two things occur which cause light to reflect 1- the incident ray is equal to the reflected ray 1- the incident ray , the reflected ray and the normal, at the point of incidence, all lie at the same plane
