What is the resulting color of equal intensities of red light and cyan light combined?

Q: Why are there only six fundamental colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet?

A: There are an infinite number of fundamental colors, and these fundamental colors are also known as…

Q: Choose the BEST answer to the following:Colors in a soap bubble result from light (a) converted to a…

A: A rainbow spectrum of colors on the surface of a soap bubbles produced by thin film interference,…

Q: Soap bubbles exhibit brilliant colors when exposed to sunlight.Explain the concept behind this?

A: It is due to the phenomenon of interface that the exposure of sunlight exhibiting brilliant colors…

Q: White light is shone through a cyan filter, what color will the resulting light be? white cyan blue…

A: The white light primarily contains three colors red, green, and blue.

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: The colors on an oil slick are caused by what two-wave properties of light?

A: The light is reflected from top and bottom surfaces of the oil slick.  The path of the oil slick…

Q: Find the resultant color of light with using three filters given as below. Yellow Magenta Yellow…

A: 1. Initially, white light is a combination of red, green, and blue colors.2. In the first case, when…

Q: What is the color of visible light of the lowest frequencies?

A: the color which has lowest frequency or longer wavelength in the visible light is the red color…

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: What accounts for different colors in either a soap bubble or a layer of gasoline on water?

A: When white light incident on thin on thin film, then some part of it reflects from the upper layer…

Q: why does water appears to be cyan in colour?

A: Scattering is defined as the atoms or molecules which are exposed to light absorb light energy and…

Q: why dont colour scientists list black and white as colors?

A: Visible light is the combination of the seven wavelength ranges of light. Each wavelength range of…

Q: Which type of color mixing is used by computer screens?

A: In computer screens, each image pixel emits light. In case of light emitting systems, additive…

Q: Why do the iridescent colors seen in some seashells (such as abalone shells) change as the shells…

A: The object, substance, or living organism appears in a certain color because it absorbs some…

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 red and cyan colours are called complimentary colours?

A: A colour which on mixing up with another colour gives white or black colour is called the…

Q: Choose the BEST answer to the following: When red and blue light are overlapped, the color produced…

A: Answer: ai,e Magneta

Q: What color of light will be transmitted through overlapping cyan anf magenta filters?

A: The complementary colour of magenta is green.

Q: Your friend says that red and cyan light produce white light because cyan is green + blue, and so…

A: Given: Colours of light

Q: Why is red paint red?

A: Red ochre is a simple compound composed of iron and oxygen which gives the colour to the paint.

Q: what colour light is transmitted through a piece of red glass?

A: When white light passes through the piece of red glass. Green and blue light is absorbed by the…

Q: What color light is transmitted through a piece of red glass?

A: When an electromagnetic waves incident on an object that composes all the seven color then all the…

Q: Which color of white light is scattered the least? Give reason.

A: In the process of scattering, colour having long wavelength will scatter the least while one having…

Q: The translucence that is observed when paper comes into contact with oil is due to the __________ of…

A: Answer:-  Index of Refraction    The translucence that is observed when paper comes into contact…

Q: Why are interference colors primarily cyan, magenta and yellow?

A: Interference importantly acts to cancel the reflection of one colour.

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: why are red , green and blue called the additive primary colours?

A: Additive primary colours are the primary colour elements that make up white light. These colours are…

Q: What color is reflected from a surface that is painted with a mixture of cyan and magenta paint?…

A: solution is given as

Q: Why does the color of sunsets vary from day to day?

A: The scattering of light is process under which any light rays deflect from its regular path to…

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: Discuss and explain the relationship of color with wavelength.

A:

Q: what is evidence that white light is composite of seven colours?

A: Refraction is the bending of the light's direction when it passes from one medium to the other. The…

Q: What colours in white light are transmitted and absorbed by red glass?

A: Red light is transmitted and other orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet absorbed by red…

Q: Is it scattering or reflection that accounts for whiteness of a cloud?

A:

Q: What will be the color of a sheet of paper containing red pigment when yellow light shines on it?…

A: Answer a) Red , b) Black

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: Why don’t color scientists list black and white as colors?

A: Each different color has its own specific wavelength.

Q: When white light is incident on water at an angle, which color refracts the most?

A: The refraction  of light depends upon upon the wavelength of light. The shorter the wavelength of…

Q: A bright white light under water is collimated and directed upon a prism. What range of colors does…

A: White light consists of seven wavelengths. When light passes from water to prism, the refraction of…

Q: why does the colour of sunset vary from day to day?

A: The colour of sky is actually the result of scattering of light by the micro particles in the…

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…

Dispersion of White Light

Snell’s law is a formula that gives a relation between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction and is given as: