Why some materials absorb white light and others do not?

Answer 1

Yes. Black absorbs the most which makes it the darkest color of all because it absorbs all light. White absorbs the least which makes it the lightest color because it reflects all light. Here is the order of colors from most absorbed to least.

Black

Grey?

Red

Orange

Yellow

Blue

Green

White.

its basically darkest color to lighter, or the darker the color the more sunlight absorbed.

Answer 2

I think its Becasue of quantum mechanical effect of Atomic energy states. In relation to electron energy it turns out that electrons will have specific amounts of energy (Not sure if its kinetic or potential or both). These discrete energy states are very strange becasue they go against commen sense. For Ex: If you were to slowly raisse your arm you expect it to move nicely from point A to point B. In the electron world the electron attempting to move slowy upward would litterally disappear and then reappear at point B. It cannot smootly move...there is no such thing as smoothly any more...it will be in specific spots.

When radiation comes in an electron will allow the energy to past right through unless it has the specific amount of energy it requires to move to a specific location. Its weird ..i know.

Answer 3

Think of it as the earth itself. In colder places, preferably near the poles, everything you see is either white or blue. It's not very hot there, is it? White light tends to NOT absorb much heat energy, or even heat in the form of light, very well. When you come closer to tropical forests, you see green, brown and such dark colors. They tend to absorb heat a lot, and that is reflected in the humidity and heat that one can feel in the area. Hope that helps! :D

Answer 4

Of course. An object can absorb all of the light that shines on it, or only some colors.

-- If the object absorbs only some colors, then the color you see when you look at it

is the color of the light that it did NOT absorb.

-- If the object absorbs all of the light that shines on it, then it appears black to you.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

only the light colors absorbe the light colors. because the dark

Answer 7

Yes; what we see as the colour of an object is the light that it has reflected or re-emitted. "White" objects reflect all wavelengths of light evenly, while black objects absorb all of it.

Answer 8

It may come to one's surprise that all objects absorb light. However darker objects absorb more light than lighter objects.