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Why oranges look orange?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 1/20/2023

The visible light combination of red and yellow has a particular frequency on the electromagnetic spectrum. Objects such as orange citrus fruits have compounds in their skins that absorb all (or most) of the visible light, except for that in the frequencies between red and yellow. The reflected light that we see is what we call orange.

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