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No. All colors of light travel at the same speed in vacuum.

Different colors represent light waves with different wavelengths (frequencies).

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Does the color of a laser affect the velocity of a light wave projected by the laser?

Colors are determined by the wavelengths but all wavelengths travel at the same speed. So no, colors do not affect the velocity of light.


Does the speed of a wave increases as a wavelength increase?

No, the speed of a wave is determined by the medium through which it is traveling, not by its wavelength. The wavelength and frequency of a wave are related by the wave equation v = λf, where v is the speed of the wave, λ is the wavelength, and f is the frequency.


How is wavelength and frequency related?

Freq times Wavelength = speed of light. Amplitude in totally independent.


What is the approximate wavelength?

The approximate wavelength is the distance between consecutive peaks or troughs of a wave. It is commonly measured in meters and is inversely related to the frequency of the wave through the speed of light equation (wavelength = speed of light / frequency).


What did you observe with the product of wavelength and frequency for each color?

Well, I wasn't actually there, so I didn't observe anything. But from my education and personal experience, I know that the product of the wavelength and frequency of any wave is the wave's speed. So I should expect that the product of wavelength and frequency for any color of light, and for that matter, any electromagnetic wave, is always the same number, and ought to always be very close to the speed of light in the medium in which you observed it, or would have observed it had you been there.

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What is related to a amplitude of a wave?

the color of light radiating that heat from it feels good


Does the color of a laser affect the velocity of a light wave projected by the laser?

Colors are determined by the wavelengths but all wavelengths travel at the same speed. So no, colors do not affect the velocity of light.


Does color of a laser affects the velocity of the light wave projected by a laser?

No. Light travels at the same speed no matter what.


What properties of a light wave determine its color?

Frequency or wave length.The relation between frequency f and wave length lof a light waveis given by; f = c/l, where c is light's speed.


In a light wave what properties tell you the color of the light?

Just ONE property, the wavelength of the light. The colour of visible light depends on its wavelength. These wavelengths range from 700 nm at the red end of the spectrum to 400 nm at the violet end.


What properties of light wave determines its color?

Frequency or wave length.The relation between frequency f and wave length lof a light waveis given by; f = c/l, where c is light's speed.


Does the speed of a wave increases as a wavelength increase?

No, the speed of a wave is determined by the medium through which it is traveling, not by its wavelength. The wavelength and frequency of a wave are related by the wave equation v = λf, where v is the speed of the wave, λ is the wavelength, and f is the frequency.


How are wave velocity frequency period and wavelength related?

Wave frequency can be calculated by dividing the speed of the wave (if we're talking about electromagnetic waves in vacuum, that would be the speed of light, c) by wavelength.


Does the color of the laser affect the velocity of the light wave projected by the laser?

No, velocity and color are independent. Color is determined by frequency, and speed is determined by what material the light is traveling through.


How is wavelength and frequency related?

Freq times Wavelength = speed of light. Amplitude in totally independent.


What is the approximate wavelength?

The approximate wavelength is the distance between consecutive peaks or troughs of a wave. It is commonly measured in meters and is inversely related to the frequency of the wave through the speed of light equation (wavelength = speed of light / frequency).


Is speed wavelength and frequency of a wave related by a scientific theory?

No. They're related by the definitions of the wave's speed, wavelength, and frequency.