Light and Color (Physics)

Red+Green

Yellow

Red+Blue

Magenta

Blue+Green

Cyan

Red+Green+Blue

White

Magenta+Yellow

Red

Cyan+Yellow

Green

Cyan+Magenta

Blue

Touch of yellow+ lots of magenta

Orange

Shortest wavelength in electromagnetic spectrum

Gamma Rays

Longest wavelength in electromagnetic spectrum

Radio Waves

What is the complimentary color for green?

Magenta

What is the complementary color for red?

Cyan

Compared to its speed in air, the speed of light in water is

Slower

Glass is transparent to visible light, but not to…

Infrared and Ultraviolet

The shiny surfaces in metals have most to do with…

The free electrons in metal atoms

Solar eclipses are seen less commonly than lunar eclipses because…

Earths shadow on the moon is larger than the moons shadow on earth

Light waves are…

Transverse waves

Light that reflects at glancing angles from nonmetallic surfaces, such as glass, water, or roads is…

Polarized parallel to the surface

What is the equation for frequency when you have S.O.L and wavelength?

f=c/wavelength

After randomly polarized light passes through a polarizer, it is…

Totally polarized

Perception of depth is given by…

The combination of views in the eye brain system

Sunlight contains all colors of light, but much of it is…

Yellow

Why doesn’t most ultraviolet radiation reach the ground?

Because of the ozone gas in the atmosphere

Colors seen on TV result from color…

Addition

Colors seen on a photograph result from color…

Subtraction

The color of an opaque object is determined by the light that is…

Reflected

A pigment is…

A material in glass that selectively absorbs colored light