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The visible light spectrum corresponds to the range of wavelength from

0.38 to 0.76 microns of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum.

Solid materials that have an absorptivity, α, close to 1 (a material with

α = 1 is called a black body, and absorbs all the thermal radiation that

hits him including visible light, a hypothetical concept) absorb most of the

incident light radiation. Materials that have a mat (lusterless) black color

have α close to 1.

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