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Color Question
« on: March 01, 2016, 08:38:40 PM »
In a Chem Lab we found how much of this light was absorbed by a green/blue solution. It absorbed the most of the light when this light's wavelength was at 700 nm, which was a red/orange light, the complementary color of the solution. What does this tell me about what wavelengths were actually absorbed?


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Re: Color Question
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2016, 09:55:57 PM »
What exactly do you want to know? You've already said that it absorbs light at 700 nm... Are you looking to figure out the why?

A site like this might start to help: https://www.wou.edu/las/physci/ch462/tmcolors.htm
« Last Edit: March 01, 2016, 10:25:48 PM by mikasaur »
Or you could, you know, Google it.

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Re: Color Question
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2016, 10:43:22 PM »
I want to know why the complimentary colored light gets absorbed the most. So why this green liquid absorbed the red light the most out of the rest of the colors

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Re: Color Question
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2016, 10:48:45 PM »
A white light source has (idealized) light of all wavelengths - colors, if you will. If you pass it through a solution that absorbs all the red light, what is left when it reaches your eyes?
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Re: Color Question
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2016, 11:18:08 PM »
I'm guessing it's every color besides the red, so it would be the green?

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Re: Color Question
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2016, 11:31:40 PM »
I'm guessing it's every color besides the red, so it would be the green?

Pretty much. That site I linked to previously explains this. This image even happens to show for the colors you're talking about:

https://www.wou.edu/las/physci/ch462/chlphyl.gif
Or you could, you know, Google it.

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