Color And Light Flashcards
What is light
A form of energy that travels in straight lines (flashlights)
All light is white but it is made up of many different?
COLORS
What is a spectrum ?
When white light passes through a prime it is separated into the different colors of the rainbows
What is the correct order of the rainbow?
ROY G. BIV
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
What is an example of a prisms?
RAINDROPS π§π§π§
What is the bouncing back of light from a surface called? It allows us to see objects that donβt produce their own light.
Reflection (like a ring π)
What light passes though one transparent material to another and changes direction?
Refraction (pencil in a cup)
What is light that does not pass through anything.
OPAQUE ( like brick)
The color an object appears is the color being absorbed. Why?
Because all the other colors in the spectrum are being reflected
A black object appears black because all other colors are being what?
Absorbed
An abject appears white when what?
Reflected
A violet object appears violet because violet is what?
It is reflected and the last of the colors
What are materials that let light pass through them clearly?
Transparent. Example: glass and water
What are materials that scatter light passing through them?
Translucent Examples: tissue and wax paper
What are materials they do not let light pass through them?
OPAQUE. Examples: wood brick and ostrich and book