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Light waves are an electromagnetic radiation ranging in and wavelength. Only the wavelengths in between about 4,000 (violet) to about 7,700 (red) angstroms can be perceived by the human eye and is called visible light.

The wave itself is too fast and too small to be viewed in an isolated manner. However, all light perceived by the Human eye is a light wave.

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In the visible spectrum the color of light that has the shortest wave length is?

Violet, after that comes ultraviolet that the human eye cannot see.


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Because certain objects can absorb specific wavelengths of light(color) and they reflect the waves that they cannot absorb. the reflected wave of light is the visible color of the object.


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Reflects all light beams which have the wave length of the color of that object. Each color has a particular wave length in the electromagnetic spectrum.


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What does the frequency of a light wave tell you?

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Do light wave frequencies determine what color you see?

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