what do the different colors of visible light represent?
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Lesson: The Energy of Light Color is a product of visible light energy. Different colors represent light waves vibrating at different speeds (frequencies). Do you know that most colors of light can be made by mixing together just three colors—red, blue and green? Light has other properties that make it fun to learn about.
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- The Opera della Primaziale Pisana hereby proclaims a public competition among artists for the design and execution of four stained glass windows to replace four 19th century examples now beyond repair, inserted in the first story of Pisa Cathedral Baptistery, in the Cathedral Place, Pisa.
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum Colors that can be produced by visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths are called pure spectral colors. They can be delineated roughly in wavelength as: violet (380-450 nm), blue (450-495 nm), green (495-570 nm), yellow (570-590 nm), orange (590-620 nm), and red (620 to 750 nm).
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Visible Spectrum: Definition, Wavelengths & Colors Colors of Visible Light. Within the narrow band of visible light, the different wavelengths are perceived by people as different colors. The shortest wavelengths are perceived as violet and the longest wavelengths are perceived as red. There are seven wavelength ranges within the visible spectrum that each correspond to a different color. The colors fall in an order commonly referred to with the acronym ROYGBIV. ROYGBIV can aid in remembering the order of the colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
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- When all the wavelengths of the visible light spectrum strike your eye at the same time, white is perceived. The sensation of white is not the result of a single color of light. Rather, the sensation of white is the result of a mixture of two or more colors of light.
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- Spectral colors. Colors that can be produced by visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths (monochromatic light) are called pure spectral colors. The various color ranges indicated in the illustration are an approximation: The spectrum is continuous, with no clear boundaries between one color and the next. Spectroscopy
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Three Colors of Light See what happens when you mix together the three primary colors of light: red, green and blue.
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Color Addition Any three colors (or frequencies) of light that produce white light when combined with the correct intensity are called primary colors of light. There are a variety of sets of primary colors. The most common set of primary colors is red (R), green (G) and blue (B).
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- Red is the color at the longer-wavelengths end of the spectrum of visible light next to orange, at the opposite end from violet. Red color has a predominant light wavelength of roughly 620–740 nanometers. Light with a longer wavelength than red but shorter than terahertz radiation and microwave is called infrared.
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- Where a perfect balance of  primary pigment colors produces black, the perfect balance of  primary colors of light produces white - and these primaries are  red, green and blue. If you overlap beams of red, green and blue  light (like from LED flashlights, for example) you'll get white.
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What is the relationship between color and light? Confidence votes 6. Relationship between color and light Different wavelengths, and thus different frequencies, of light are perceived by the human eye as colors. The visible light spectrum ranges from 400nm to 700nm, with 400nm being perceived as violet and 700nm being perceived as red light. The energy of the light dictates its color.
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Visible Light and the Eye's Response In this lesson we will spend a lot of time discussing three light colors - red, green, and blue. We will perceive light as consisting of red, green and blue qualities. Use the RGB widget below to determine the ratios by which red, green and blue light combine to form other light colors. Enter the name of a color (maize, purple, orange, sky blue, etc.) into the field.
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- Green is the color between blue and yellow on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a predominant wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm.
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Visible Spectrum 1 Violet color corresponds to a radiation of maximum frequency (7.6 x 10^14 Hz.) and minimum wavelength (380nm). 2  Indigo color corresponds to wavelength of 430-460nm. 3  Blue color corresponds to the wavelength of 460- 500nm.4  Green color corresponds to the wavelength of 500-560nm. It is only this part which our eyes can see. 2  Visible light is produced from stars, arc lamps and glass enclosed tungsten filaments. 3  It lies in a narrow range of wavelength between 300nm to 760nm. 4  It lies between the Ultra-violet radiation and Infra red radiation of the electromagnetic radiation [EMR].
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- Once you accept a few basic concepts — that there are three primary colors and that the same three basic colors exist as rays in prismatic light, that colors are seen because that portion of light is destroyed when it reaches a colored surface, that white (i.e., light) is necessary to see color and black — then you understand that, when the three ...
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What causes the different colors in the color spectrum? What causes the different colors in the color spectrum? White light is a mixture of different color; a prism or similar device that produces a spectrum simply separates these colors. Edit
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Color White light can be produced by combining all colors of the spectrum at once, as Newton discovered. However, it is also possible to make white light by combining only three colors in the spectrum: red, green, and blue. For this reason, these three colors of light are known as the primary colors.
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24.4 Color and Magnetism For example, both [Cu(H. In order for a compound to have color, it must absorb visible light. Visible light consists of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from approximately 400 nm to 700 nm. White light contains all wavelengths in this visible region.
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Color This progression from left to right is from long wavelength to short wavelength, and from low frequency to high frequency light. The wavelengths are commonly expressed in nanometers (1 nm = 10 -9 m). The visible spectrum is roughly from 700 nm (red end) to 400 nm (violet end). The letter I in the sequence above is for indigo-no longer commonly used as a color name.
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Color Order FAQ Objects appear different colors because they absorb or reflect different amounts and wavelengths of light. A black object absorbs nearly all the light that hits it while a white object absorbs almost none. A red object absorbs the blue and green wavelengths while not absorbing the red wavelengths.
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The Nature of Light: Origin, Spectrum & Color Frequency Visible light spans from about 760 to 380 nanometers in wavelength, which is the same as about 430 terahertz to about 750 terahertz. The low-frequency end corresponds to light that we perceive as the color red. The high-frequency end is related to light that we see as violet.
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Definition of Visible Light Different wavelengths of visible-light are perceived by human eye as different colours. VL having wavelength ranging between 620 to 780 nm is seen by human eyes as red colour. On the other hand, visible light having wavelength ranging between 390 nm to 455 nm is seen as violet colour.
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- The tree primary colors of light are red, green and blue. When all three colors are combined in equal amounts, they create white light. Red green & blue.
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- Visible Light. The narrow visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponds to the wavelengths near the maximum of the Sun's radiation curve. In interactions with matter, visible light primarily acts to elevate electrons to higher energy levels. White light may be separated into its spectral colors by dispersion in a prism.
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Q: The colors of light that the human eye is able to see range roughly from red to blue in color. Blue light has a higher frequency than red light. The light which has frequency just lower than red light is called infra-red, and the light which has frequency just higher than blue light is called ultra-violet. Both infra-red and ultra violet-light are beyond our eyes' range for efficiently detecting, however they are still very important.
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- Visible light waves consist of different wavelengths. 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.