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How does light reflect off paper?
The light spectrum is composed of multiple wave lengths. Different objects will either absorb or reflect particular wavelengths of light. Humans can actually only perceive 3 different categories of light, red, green, and blue.When you perceive white paper, you are perceiving all 3 components of visible light, red, green, and blue. The bleaching and the construction of white paper is thus made to remove the components that absorb light, and leave the components that reflect light. There is an element of glossiness which is the ability to reflect light directly, and flatness which would be the ability to scatter light when reflecting, giving a white finish rather than a mirrored finish.If you look at red paper, then the green and blue wavelengths of light are absorbed by the paper, and the red wavelength is being reflected back.If you look at green paper, then the red and blue wavelengths of light are being absorbed, and the green is being reflected back.If you look at blue paper, then the red and green wavelengths of light are being absorbed, and the blue wavelength is being reflected back.Black paper will absorb essentially all of the light.Different colors will reflect and absorb the three basic components of light in varying amounts.
Does a rough surface reflect light in many directions?
Highly polished, shiny surfaces reflect light the best as they are REFLECTive. White or bright surfaces also reflect light well. Dull, Matt surfaces are the worst reflecters of light
What colors does violet absorb?
Black is the color that really absorbs the sun. Since its dark only light colors will reflect the sun.
What kind of objects materials that absorb light?
First, you need to define "light". Visible light only? Up into the ultra-violet? Down into infrared? Many filters wil block and/or reflect wavelengths above or below a certain cutoff point, while passing waves away from that point. As a for instance, a red filter will pass wavelengths from around 550 nm and longer, while it blocks anything shorter than 550. A green filter is a "notch" filter, in that it will only pass wavelengths from around 550 to around 500 nm. At the other end, a blue filter will block anything longer than about 500 nm, and pass shorter wavelengths, possibly up into the ultraviolet range.That being said, nothing in this universe is perfect. No surface will reflect all wavelengths that land on it; any reflective surface will have some losses, both through what it allows to pass, and what it absorbs into itself, generally turning into heat. On the other end, the closest thing you might find to a "surface" that could absorb all light that falls on it would be a black hole.
What colour is an object that does not reflect any light?
Black Technically speaking, an object that does not reflect any light whatsoever is not black, it is invisible. A black hole for example is not actually black. It would appear black to the observer but only because the rest of space is black. If you were standing next to one you would not be able to visually discern it was there (of course, you would get sucked in, which would negate the whole point!)black
Why only using green light would the plants look droopy?
Chlorophyll in plants does not absorb green light as they reflect this color. That is why plants are, generally, green as they reflect green light and absorb other wavelengths of light.
Do translucent materials absorb light?
Yes, they only allow some of light to pass through them.
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.
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.
What color absorbs heat poorly?
Usually the darker colors because they absorb the most light, reflecting only a small portion of what they receive. The lighter colors absorb the least and reflect larger portions of the received light.
Do diamonds absorb light?
Only using Twilight and Jewellery adverts the whole point is that it reflects it.Another AnswerNo, diamonds reflect light.
Materials that only partially allow light pass through blurring the light as it passes?
Shade cloth Answer: Assuming we are talking about substances, not sewing materials, there are several different kinds: Transparent materials allow light and images to pass through. Example: water, glass Partially transparent materials allow some light and images to pass through.Example: colored water, sunglasses Translucent materials allow light, but not images, to pass through. Example: white lamp globe, rice paper Partially translucent materials allow some light, but not images, to pass through. Example: colored lampshade, colored tissue paper Opaque materials absorb or reflect light. Example: book, rock, wood Specular materials reflect light and images. Example: Mirror, Garden gazing ball
Do green walls absorb green light and reflect all other light?
Its the other way around. Green walls only reflect green, and that's how we see them as green walls. My answer could change depending on what type of green it is.
Does a meteor emit light or reflect light?
Yes. A meteorite is a rock from space that had hit the ground. Meteorites are not hot enough to glow, but they are made either of metal or similar materials to rocks on Earth, so they reflect light.
Does Venus emit or reflect light?
All planets only reflect light. Only stars, like our sun, emit.
Do only shiny objects reflect light?
No, everything that we can see (besides objects the produce light eg sun, light bulb) reflect light. If it didn't reflect light we would not be able to see it.
What makes darker colors absorb more heat than lighter colors?
White light is a mixture of colors. When white light strikes a dark object little or no energy is reflected. When white light strikes a white object the energy is mostly reflected, not absorbed. Thus heat is absorbed by dark objects and reflected by light ones.
