a
rainbow
as "one of the most spectacular light shows observed on earth".
The white light is a mixture of the colors of the visible spectrum.
Black is a total absence of light.7 colours in visible light spektrum
can be seen in
a rainbow. Each "coloured light" has its own wavelength and its own
frequency, so we call it "monochromatic light" which means "light with
one colour/one
wavelength".
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table with 3 columns and 8 rows
Color
Frequency
Wavelength
violet
668–789 THz
380–450 nm
blue
631–668 THz
450–475 nm
cyan
606–630 THz
476–495 nm
green
526–606 THz
495–570 nm
yellow
508–526 THz
570–590 nm
orange
484–508 THz
590–620 nm
red
400–484 THz
620–750 nm
table end
By the way, visible light is one of the 'member' of electromagnetic
spectrum...We will learn this in subtopic 1.7. The following diagram
shows the electromagnetic
spectrum...observe where the red light lies...biggest wavelength in
visible light spektrum.
Various wavelengths and positions of visible spectrum.
