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      • Light is a type of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the eye. It travels as a transverse wave. Unlike a sound waves, light waves do not need a medium to pass through, they can travel through a vacuum. Light from the Sun reaches Earth through the vacuum of space.
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  1. Jan 16, 2021 · Sunlight is a form of white light, which is the color you get when all of the wavelengths of light blend together. Newton saw the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

  2. White light is dispersed by a glass prism into the colors of the visible spectrum. The visible spectrum is the band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light (or simply light).

  3. Visible light may be a tiny part of the electromagnetic spectrum, but there are still many variations of wavelengths. We see these variations as colors. On one end of the spectrum is red light, with the longest wavelength. Blue or violet light has the shortest wavelength.

  4. Mar 9, 2022 · Light is a form of electromagnetic wave and constitutes a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Hence, it is called visible light. Since visible light is a form of a wave, it is defined by its characteristic wavelength and frequency.

  5. Objects highlighted in white indicate that they emit radio and/or microwave light, including the radio/television tower, Sun, antenna of the WiFi router, laptop, and phone. Additionally, a small white circle representing a pulsar is in the left side of the sky.

  6. Is light a wave or a particle? How is it created? And why can’t humans see the whole spectrum of light? All your questions answered.

  7. Oct 21, 2024 · The colour of an image that absorbs red light while transmitting all other radiations is blue-green, often called cyan. An image that absorbs only green light transmits both blue light and red light, and its colour is magenta.