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When white light shines on a painting what allows you to see the colours?
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Each color of paint has it's own characteristics of which part of white light that it absorbs and/or reflects. It's the reflected light that gets to your eyes ... and is interpreted by your brain into "color".
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When light shines on rounders post a shadow forms where does the light come from?
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How does a rainbow get its colours?
Right after a thunderstorm, there will still be some water droplets in the sky. When the sunlight shines on these water droplets, the white light that is reflected off the water droplets is split into seven different colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, indigo.
What are the main colours?
Do you mean the primary colours? The primary colours of pigment are red, blue, and yellow. The primary colours of light are red, blue, and green.
Do shadows come in different colours?
You can certainly have a shadow that is another color besides gray. Gray or black shadows are produced when bright white light shines onto something. If you use a different color of light, you can get a different shade to the shadow. Also, you can use different lenses to look at the light and shadow, and that will change the color.
What word describes the splitting of light into the colours of the spectrum?
Dispersion of white light... ! :D
What happens to the light if the light shines through a prism?
White light separates into seven colours
How do different colors appear on CD?
When white light shines on the CD, the light is separated into seven colours, so different colours appear on the CD.
What happens when light shines on green paper?
a green object it will reflect a green light and will absorb all other colours.
What material allows some light to pass through it?
the material glass allows light to pass through it. when it passes through it changes the light into the colours of the rainbow. the colours come because the glass splits the light.
What happens when white light shines on a violet object?
When white light shines onto a violet object, the violet part of white light reflects off of the object, causing you to see violet. White light it ROYGBIV, which is the colours of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). So white light IS the combination of ALL of these colours.
When white light shines through a green glass bottle the bottle appears magenta?
most of the colours in the light are filtered out and only the mix that makes magenta are allowed through.
What colors make up light white?
White Light is actually made up of all the colours in a rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo & purple. An example is easy to see in a rainbow. Sunlight is white light. when it shines into water droplets in the atmosphere the colours of the light is split & forms a spectrum of colour.
What appearance does emulsions have when light shines out?
Emulsions can appear cloudy or white when light shines through it.
What energy changes are involved when an electric light shines?
electric energy changes to light & heat energy when light shines.
Green light shines on a blue surface What color is the reflected light?
When green light is shined onto a blue surface the color that reflects back into your eye is a dark Greeny Brown this is because all of the other colours of the spectrum are absorbed.
When light shines into a prism a rainbow of colors comes out of the prism.?
When ordinary visible light shines on a prism.
What shines in the dark?
Light
