This applies not only to opaque objects. The basic idea is that white light is a mixture of different colors, and objects tend to reflect the different colors - the components of white light - in different proportions. For example, an object that reflects most of the red light but not much of the other colors will look red.
what processes produce the different colors we see in opaque objects
White Light
White light is all the colors of light. Which are magenta,yellow,and cyan being the main three colors that are reflected by an opaque white object
Opaque
are all opaque objects reflectors
what processes produce the different colors we see in opaque objects
colors of opaque object
absorption and reflection of different wavelengths of light
White Light
Reflects, other wavelengths (colours) are absorbed
White light is all the colors of light. Which are magenta,yellow,and cyan being the main three colors that are reflected by an opaque white object
Any object that doesn't appear allow light to pass through it is opaque. This includes you and a lead vest.
Opaque
The surface will appear white.
Different materials absorb different wavelengths of visible radiation from sources like the sun or light bulbs. The wavelengths that are not absorbed are reflected as visible radiation, and the color we see depends on the wavelength of that reflected light, with a longer wavelength correlating to more reddish colors, and shorter wavelengths with more bluish colors. White objects reflect all of the visible radiation that strike them, which is why they absorb less heat than black objects, which reflect much less visible radiation.
it reflects violet and absorbs the other colors
are all opaque objects reflectors