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Q: Why do red curtains appear red when you shine a mixture of red and green light on to them?
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If you shine red light and green light on red curtains what colour will the curtains look?

yellow, because green+red makes yellow in the addition of light!


What is the name of the color produced by a mixture of green and blue light?

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Plants look green because chlorophyll does what to green light?

You may not know it, but sunlight is actually a mixture of all the colors of the rainbow. Chlorophyll absorbs most of colors in light but not green. plants look green because chlorophyll reflects green light.Read more: Why_does_chlorophyll_make_a_plant_look_green


Why does leaf appear green?

it reflects green light


What color would a cucumber appear in green light white light and red light?

Green light - Green, White light - Green, Red light - Black


How will a lemon appear if green light shines on it?

The lemon will appear black as there is no yellow light to be reflected.


What color would a green tennis ball appear in green light?

Green.


What colour would red green and white appear if a green light was shone at them?

While the ball would still be green it will appear black. Anything green absorbed all colours except green. The green light is reflected to your eyes which makes it look green. Thus in red light (with no green in it) the red will be absorbed and no green light can be reflected to your eyes so the ball will look black.


Why leaves appear green in photosynthesis?

The pigment responsible for photosynthesis (Chlorophyll) reflects the green wave length of sunlight when light fall on the leaf. That is why leaves appear green in the presence of light.


What color does white light minus green light appear?

Pink.


What make a leaf appear green?

presence of Chlorophyll in the cells of leaf reflects the green spectrum of light hence the leaf appear green.


What is the color of the mixture of green and blue light called?

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