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OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Does anyone know the relationship between an observed color and wavelength of maximum absorbance?

OpenStudy (sooobored):

absorbance is dependent on the material that the light is hitting

OpenStudy (sooobored):

your question doesnt make that much sense without context

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Well so in lab class we used little glass containers and put a red solution in it, than used this machine to see the maximum absorbance of red which was 460-540nm, and the question says what is the relationship between the color red and the maximum absorbance?

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

@sooobored

OpenStudy (sooobored):

red wavelengths will reflect off of red surfaces, this is how we see color

OpenStudy (sooobored):

the more red wavelengths that is reflected off the material, then the "redder" the material

OpenStudy (sooobored):

or the more red light being absorbed and less red being detected, then the less red the material is

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

ohhhhh! ok!

OpenStudy (sooobored):

i dont know exactly how your machine works, but thats the general idea for color and reflected wavelengths

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Thank you so much!

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