If the sunlight were somehow green in color instead of white, what color clothing would be advisable on an uncomfortably cold day?

Q: Why does the sky sometimes appear whitish?

A: Our atmosphere consists of large number of dust and other air particles. According to their size of…

Q: At noon the sun appears white as a) light is least scattered b) all the colours of the white light…

A: In order to reach the earth through the atmosphere, light has to travel a shorter distance only…

Q: What do the various colors displayed in the flame of burning log represent?

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Q: What color do purple and red make?

A: According to the traditional color theory, there are three primary colors that are, red, yellow, and…

Q: A swatch of pure red fabric is viewed through a green filter. The fabric appearsA. Red.        B.…

A: Red is a combination of yellow and magenta. In order to reflect yellow and magenta color, these…

Q: what is effect on the colour of  clouds when it contain an abundance of large droplets?

A: The clouds floating overhead contain water vapor and cloud droplets, whish are small drops of…

Q: Which colour results when yellow, cyan and magenta colours are subtracted from a white colour?

A: The secondary colours of light are formed by mixing primary colours which are namely Red, Green and…

Q: Discuss the scientific properties of why the sky is blue.

A: The blue color of sky:

Q: Choose the BEST answer to the following: Compared with radiation from the Sun, terrestrial radiation…

A: Step 1The electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Earth’s surface and atmosphere is called…

Q: Look at your red , sunburned feet when they are under water. Why don’t they look as red as they are…

A: Ray of light coming from red wound will undergo scattering and refraction both at water surface.

Q: Why does the color of a surface affect emissivity?

A: Emissivity of the surface of a colored body is the body's effectiveness to radiate thermal energy.…

Q: For a blackbody object of given volume, which shape will it emit the least radiation? Why?

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Q: Why are infrared waves often called heat waves?

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Q: when something is painted blue, which colour is most absorbed by it?

A: When an object is painted blue, then the most absorbed colour on that object will be its opposite…

Q: In a boutique store with only fluorescent lighting, a customer insists on taking dresses into the…

A: The fluorescent light highlights high frequencies, and do not possess all range of colors to be…

Q: If the sky on certain planet in the solar system were normally orange, what color would sunsets be?

A: The sunset would be blue.If the sky of a certain planet is orange at noon, it means that the…

Q: Why does a good emitter of heat radiation appear black at room temperature?

A: A good emitter of heat radiation appears black at room temperature because good emitters are having…

Q: Why will the leaves of a red rose be warmed more than the petals when illuminated with red light?

A: The petals of a red rose reflect all the red light coming from the source, whereas the leaves absorb…

Q: Why does water make a shirt darker?

A: Transparency: When an object is placed in the sight of an eye and a person is still be able to see…

Q: Why does the blood of injured deep sea drivers look greenish black in underwater photograph when…

A: Water absorbs different wavelengths of light to different degrees. The longest wavelengths with the…

Q: Why will the leaves of a red rose be warmed more than the petals when illuminated with red light?…

A: Given: red rose

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Q: What is the effect on the color of a cloud when it contains an abundance of large droplets?

A: The sunlight scattering the droplets in absorb most of the light.

Q: Fire engines used to be red, Yellow-green is now the preferred colour.Why this change occured?

A: Red color appears black in the night, but the brightness of yellow green color does not fade in the…

Q: To keep chickens warm in a chicken coop, why would a CFL be a poor choice compared with an…

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Q: Why is the sky a darker blue when you are at high altitudes? (Hint: What color is the “sky” on the…

A: The color of sky is actually black, and in the morning due to scattering of sunlight we see a bluish…

Q: When something is painted red, what color is most absorbed?

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Q: If the sunlight were somehow green instead of white, what color clothing would be most advisable on…

A: If the sunlight were somehow green instead of white, then on a very hot day green colored clothes…

Q: Red sunrises occur for the same reason as red sunsets. But sunsets are usually more colorful than…

A: The light rays coming from the sun toward earth either scattered or transmitted from the Earth’s…

Q: When you look at a shirt and it is blue…. WHY IS IT BLUE? What is being absorbed and what is being…

A: What colour our eye see is the reflected colour which an object reflects. Rest of the colours are…

Q: Why does smoke from campfire look blue against trees near the ground but yellow against the sky?

A: We see the scattered light from the smoke which is blue in color near the ground, while in the sky,…

Q: How would the whiteness of snow appear if Earth's atmosphere were several times denser?

A: According to the Rayleigh scattering, the dispersion is greater at lower wavelengths (higher…

Q: What frequency ranges of a radiation curve do red, green and blue light occupy?

A: Step 1Frequency is the number of waves that pass through a particular point in space during time…

Q: which warms more quickly in sunlight -a colourless or coloured piece of glass? Also explain Why?

A: A coloured glass can absorb all the colours except its own colour while the colourless glass can’t…

Q: What color results when red is subtracted from white light?

A: Step 1White light consists of the mixture of three colors, red, green and blue.

Q: Which of the following colors indicates an object of the lowest temperature? (A) Violet (B) Blue (C)…

A: Answer:- (B) Blue    Blue colors indicate an object of the lowest temperature.    Because    In any…

Q: Red sun rise occurs for the same reason as red sunsets. But sunsets are usually more colourful than…

A: The light from the sun travels through Earth’s atmosphere it undergoes scattering before it reaches…

Q: Comment on the statement “Oh, that beautiful red sunset is just the leftover colors that weren’t…

A: When light falls on suspended particles that are present in the air then it gets scattered. White…