If the sunlight were somehow green instead of white, what color clothing would be most advisable on an uncomfortably hot day? On a very 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 color do purple and red make?

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

Q: What color does red cloth appear to be when illuminated by light from neon sign?

A: The color of an object depends upon the kind of light falls on the surface and the nature of the…

Q: Why do opaque materials become warmer when light shines on them?

A: The incident light energy on the material of the opaque substances vibrates the atoms r molecules of…

Q: Pilots sometimes wear glasses that transmit yellow light and absorb light of most other colors. Why…

A: Yellow filters allow green and red light to pass through while eliminating scattered blue and violet…

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: Why are infrared waves often called heat waves?

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Q: What color does red cloth appear to be when illuminated by sunlight?

A: It is known that the white light from the sun is a combination of seven different lights with…

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: what is the colour of peak frequency of solar radiation?

A: Visible solar radiation consists of wavelengths ranges from violet to red. In this range, violet…

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

A: Given: red rose

Q: It is hotter at the same distance over the top of a fire than in front of it, Why?

A: Whenever we put fire at a place, the air surrounding the fire gets heated up. As we know that hot…

Q: explain why the sky is blue and sunsets mostly red, orange and yellow.

A: The scattering of a beam of light by a medium containing small suspended particles is known as the…

Q: Which of the following are complementary colors? A. Yellow and blue B. Red and green

A: The complementary colours are colours that contrast with each other and are positioned exactly…

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: What is the reason why a green colored shirt looks green?

A: An object color appearance depends on the wavelengths of light which reflected by the object to an…

Q: What is the cause of color? Why do some objects appear blue to the eye while others appear red? Is…

A: When radiation falls on an object it absorbs certain wavelength and reflects certain other…

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: Theoretically, when magenta paper is illuminated with cyan light, the paper will appear......   a.…

A: Cyan is the combination of the light green and blue.

Q: Why does light bend when it passes thru different materials?

A: According to question: Light bends only in a medium, i.e light bends as a consequence of interacting…

Q: Several raisins are placed in a bowl of water, after 24 hours, why does the water changes color?

A: Raisins swell when they are soaked in water. All of this is due to the osmosis process.

Q: What causes the spectrum of colors seen in gasoline splotches on a wet street? Why are these not…

A: The thickness of the gasoline splotches on a wet street is of the order of wavelength of visible…

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: What causes the spectrum of colors seen in gasoline splotches on a wet street? Why are these not…

A: Average velocity equals instantaneous velocity means that velocity remains constant over the time.…

Q: Why the Sun and the surrounding sky appears red during Sunrise and Sunset?

A: Sunlight consists of different color with different wavelength which get scattered by the small…

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: How could you use the spotlights at a play to change the performers’ clothes suddenly from yellow to…

A: The performer is wearing yellow clothes, and we need to change the color to black, using spotlight.

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: Why are infrared rays often called heat waves?

A: When infrared rays fall on object, they cause entire atoms and molecules to vibrate. And due to…

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

A: Since green color will absorb all color frequencies except green so when sunlight of green color…

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…

Q: When dishes are not properly rinsed after washing, different colors are reflected from their…

A: When the dishes are not washed properly, the soap layer is left on the surface of the dishes. The…