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How do you see black and white?

BlackAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the black object and all of the colours that make the white light the light absorbs into the object and no light reflects.WhiteAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the white object and the light and no light is absorbed into the object but all of the colours that make the white light are reflected into your eyes


Which group of colours are not found in the spectrum?

Pink is not a color found in the spectrum, as it is a combination of red and white light. Brown is also not found in the spectrum, as it is a combination of multiple colors and does not have a distinct wavelength.


What is the spectum?

White light is composed of many colours. When these colours combine, they look white. One way of showing that white light is composed of different colours is to make white light pass through a glass prism. This splits up the white light into its constituent colours. I f you hold a screen in its path, you will see a band of colours. This band of colours is called the spectrum. Since it is visible to human eyes, it is called the visible spectrum.


Is white light monochromatic light?

No exactly the contrary, white light is made up of light of all the colours of the rainbow. And you need to take that literally. The rainbow has these colours because rain acts as a prism and breaks the white light of the sun apart in the colours it is made up of. Because monochromatic means 'of one and the same colour', white light is not monochromatic. LASER light is always monochromatic: all particles have exactly the same wavelength (colour)


Who found out that light is made up of different wavelengths?

Isaac Newton was the scientist who discovered that light is made up of different wavelengths when he conducted experiments with prisms. He found that white light could be separated into a spectrum of colors.

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Which scientist carried out experiments with light rays?

Newton did experiments using prisms to show that white light contained all colours of light.


Who was the first scientist demonstrate that white light was composed of the light of all the colours of the rainbow?

Sir Isac Newton, he did this by shining a light on a glass prism in a dark room. The prism separated the white light into the colour spectrum we know today. There are actually colours in it that we can't see


How do you see black and white?

BlackAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the black object and all of the colours that make the white light the light absorbs into the object and no light reflects.WhiteAll of the colours that make the white light shine down on the white object and the light and no light is absorbed into the object but all of the colours that make the white light are reflected into your eyes


Is light white?

Light appears white, however it is made up of different colours, which when put together make white light. These colours can be seen if you direct light through a prism. At the right angle the light is split up into the colours (rainbow).


What color light makes objects look bigger?

light colours - white is bestdark colours make a room look smaller.


What is the break up of white light into seven colours?

It is the refraction of white light being shone through a glass prism, or a raindrop, that separates the white light into the colours of the rainbow.


What is the Visible?

White light is composed of many colours. When these colours combine, they look white. One way of showing that white light is composed of different colours is to make white light pass through a glass prism. This splits up the white light into its constituent colours. I f you hold a screen in its path, you will see a band of colours. This band of colours is called the spectrum. Since it is visible to human eyes, it is called the visible spectrum.


What is the visible spectum?

White light is composed of many colours. When these colours combine, they look white. One way of showing that white light is composed of different colours is to make white light pass through a glass prism. This splits up the white light into its constituent colours. I f you hold a screen in its path, you will see a band of colours. This band of colours is called the spectrum. Since it is visible to human eyes, it is called the visible spectrum.


What do you call pairs of colors that produce white light?

the name given to two colours that produce white light are called complementary colours.


Is white light a color?

white is mixture of all colours


Light that contains all the colours of the spectrum?

White light.


What light that contans all the colours of the spectrum?

"White" light.