Question

The _______ of light determines its color.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

When light hits an object – say, a banana – the object absorbs some of the light and reflects the rest of it. Which wavelengths are reflected or absorbed depends on the properties of the object.

For a ripe banana, wavelengths of about 570 to 580 nanometers bounce back. These are the wavelengths of yellow light.

When you look at a banana, the wavelengths of reflected light determine what color you see. The light waves reflect off the banana's peel and hit the light-sensitive retina at the back of your eye. That's where cones come in.

Cones are one type of photoreceptor, the tiny cells in the retina that respond to light. Most of us have 6 to 7 million cones, and almost all of them are concentrated on a 0.3 millimeter spot on the retina called the fovea centralis.

Source: http://www.livescience.com/32559-why-do-we-see-in-color.html

Answer 3

Reading can change your perception and bring new ideas to your mind.

In other words, read that and you may get an idea of what the answer is.

Answer 4

@confluxepic
Pigment? Chloroplast?

Answer 5

What? No.
I believe the pigment coloration is after the measurement of the wavelengths. The lengths affect the color and how you see it.

Answer 6

As for chloroplast. I have not yet studied how that is involved in the way we see color through the eye.

Answer 7

i believe it is the wavelength of light

Answer 8

Color is determined by the wavelength, but we do not see color unless something happens to the photons. Here is a hint, black holes are black because light cannot escape. So why is black paper black? We only see colors that an object absorbs. White is technically the absence of color since it reflects all light back. The fact that color comes from the absorption of photons (which, incidently "destroys" the photon) is why you cannot see things like red ink in red light. The photons are being absorb and no light is reflecting back for us to see the ink. Chloroplasts come into play because they capture the energy of a photon and use it to make glucose. It just so happens that the wavelength that chloroplasts absorb most is green to the human eye.

Answer 9

@funsizedangellynn see above post