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What wavelengths does carotene absorb?
Carotenoids reflect yellow-orange light and absorb blue-green light.
What are the substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of light?
Pigments in plastids absorb various wavelengths of light.
What color are objects that absorb all colors that reflects little light?
Black objects absorb all or most of the visible wavelengths of light, whereas white objects reflect all wavelengths. When all visible wavelengths (violet to red) enter the eye in equal proportions, the color is perceived as white. When no wavelengths reach the eye, the color is perceived as black. Every other color is a mixture of this continuum of wavelengths.
Why does an object reflect some colours only and absorb the rest?
The pigments used absorb some wavelengths of light and reflects the rest back to your eyes.
Why do you see objects as different colors when light is shining on them?
Because certain objects can absorb specific wavelengths of light(color) and they reflect the waves that they cannot absorb. the reflected wave of light is the visible color of the object.
What wavelengths does carotene absorb?
Carotenoids reflect yellow-orange light and absorb blue-green light.
What are the substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of light?
Pigments in plastids absorb various wavelengths of light.
What color does not absorb all wavelength of light?
Black is the only color that does absorb all wavelengths of light.White is the color that reflects all wavelengths of light.All other colors absorb only certain wavelengths of light and reflect the rest.
How do carotene and xanthophyll function differently from chlorophyll?
carotene and xanthophyll absorb blue green light while chlorophyll absorbs all other colors of light in the spectrum. Once carotene and xanthophyll have absorbed light, they transfer the light energy to chlorophyll.
Substances in plastids that absorb various wavelengths of light?
pigments
What chlorophyll a and b absorb?
Chlorophyll a and b absorb BLUE-VIOLET and RED wavelengths of light best.
What causes the dark bands observed in a solar spectrum?
The dark bands are caused from the differnet chemical elements which absorb light at specific wavelengths.
Why are Chlorophyll b and the carotenoids important as receptors of light energy?
These pigments are able to absorb more wavelengths of light (and thus more energy) than chlorophyllaalone can absorb. As part of light-harvesting complexes in photosystems, they broaden the range of light that can be used in the light reactions.
What wavelengths of light do chlorophyll b pigments readily absorb?
blue-green
What wavelengths of light does chorophyll a absorb best?
430 nm and 662nm. novanet
Can a black solution or object such as black paper absorb all wavelengths of light?
In general, black objects absorb all wavelengths of light, so the answer "Yes." might apply here. But it should also be noted that the answer applies to optical wavelengths (visible light) only. There is light both above (ultraviolet) and below (infrared) the visible spectrum that may or may not be absorbed by a solution or object that appears to be black to a person with normal color perception.
What compound do many algae have to help them absorb light at different wavelengths?
Accessory pigments
