I‎n the 1660s, English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton began a series
‎Who discovered Visible Light? ‎of experiments with sunlight and prisms. He demonstrated that clear white
‎What is Visible Light Radiation?
‎Visible Light Radiation is found...
‎Visible Light
‎Radiation
‎ isible Light Vs. The other six
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‎forms of EM (Wavelength,
‎Frequency, and Energy)
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‎exposure/overexposure to
‎visible light?
‎light was composed of seven visible colors.
‎ isible light is the portion of the
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‎electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation. ‎electromagnetic spectrum that can be
‎detected by the human eye.
‎ isible light falls in the range of the EM spectrum between infrared (IR) and
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‎ultraviolet (UV)
‎ avelength - The Wavelength of visible light
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‎ranges between about 390-700 nanometers (
‎nm). Our eyes see different wavelengths as
‎different views of colours. Each colour of
‎visible light has a different wavelength, with
‎violet having the shortest wavelength with
‎red having the longest so the colours from
‎shortest to longest wavelength are violet,
‎blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
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‎ umans see light at the lower end of the
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‎visible spectrum, having a longer
‎ isible light is a type of electromagnetic
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‎ isible light is a form of electromagnetic (
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‎EM) radiation ‎particles at different wavelengths and ‎as green; and see light at the upper end of
‎frequencies. ‎the spectrum, with a wavelength of about
‎380 nm, as violet. All other colors that we
‎perceive are mixtures of these colors.
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‎to frequency between 430-790 THz. As the
‎frequency increases the amount of waves
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‎per second does too and the colour changes,
‎nature's way of transferring energy through
‎so red becomes orange then yellow, green,
‎space. Visible light energy is a form of
‎blue, indigo, violet. Visible light is the only
‎energy that our sense of sight can detect.
‎light we can see with our eyes due to its
‎frequency being in the range human eyes
‎can detect.