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When you see an object of a particular color say green what wavelengths of light are absorbed by the object What wavelengths are reflected?
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When you see an object it's because light is reflected from it to your eye. If it appears green it is because it is only reflecting green light to your eye. That means it is absorbing all the other colours. If something appears red it is because it is reflecting red light to your eye and absorbing all the other colours. Sometimes things absorb most, but not all, red and some, but not all, blue and we see purple.
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What can happen when radiation strikes an object?
It can reflect, absorb or scatter off the object.
What happens to visible light when it strikes an object?
Depending on the substance that comprises the object, light may be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted.
How does visible light interact with an object?
The Answer is color. Because color has to do with light and physical properties.
What happens to sun light that strikes a leaf but is not trap by the chlorophyll?
It is either transmitted or reflected. Often, different portions of the light do both.
What color would plants be if they absorb all wavelengths of visible light?
why does plants color change to black when absorbed all wavelengths
What determines the color of opaquetranslucent and transparent object?
Its molecular composition will determine which light wavelengths are absorbed and reflected.
Is red light reflected or absorbed by an object if the object appeares to your eyes?
Reflected
Is red light reflected or absorbed by an object if the object appears red to your eyes?
Reflected
What cause the color you see when you look at an opaque object?
White light is made up of all the colours of the rainbow. When light hits an object, some colours (wavelengths) are absorbed, and some reflected. The colour you see is a combination of all the reflected colours.
What happens to light when it hits a coloured object?
It can be either reflected or absorbed. E.g. if the object is green, all the colours of light are absorbed except green. Green is reflected and not absorbed.
What happens to the light rays that are not reflected by and object?
that color is absorbed by the object (therefore you don't see that color. Only reflected colors can be seen)
Is the sky blue because it is foggy?
no. the sky is blue because all wavelengths of its light is scattered except blue. the sun emits radiation and it is absorbed by every object. it has all the colors of the rainbow in them. if you are wearing a blue shirt, all wavelengths but blue are absorbed into the shirt and blue is reflected. if you are wearing a black shirt (this is why it makes you hot in the summer) all of the rays are absorbed into the shirt. if you are wearing a white shirt, none of the rays are absorbed; they are all reflected.
What happens when white light strikes an object?
Depending on the object, it may be reflected, absorbed, refracted or internally reflected.
What determines the color of a transparent or translucent object?
It depends upon what wavelengths of light are absorbed, and which wavelengths are transmitted.
What happens when light hits an object it cannot pass through?
If the light can not pass through a object it is opaque . The light will reflect or be absorbed by the object.
What must happen to all wave lengths of light for a substance to appear white?
The colours we see in an object are only the colours that are reflected. Inferentially, the other colours are absorbed. The grass is green (when illuminated by a white light source) because the redder end of the spectrum is absorbed and used by the plant to do its stuff - photosynthesis and so on. A white card appears white because all the light wavelengths [to which we can respond] are reflected. That card may absorb some of the white light, but not at wavelengths to which we respond.
When light waves strike a red object what happens to the light waves of all colors except red?
Basically three things can happen to light as it strikes an object. It can be reflected, absorbed, or it can pass through. For simplicity, assume the object is not transparent; in that case, any light that is not reflected is absorbed.
