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Colors Of Light

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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WHY DO WE ONLY SEE CERTAIN COLORS?

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  • The brain and eyes work together
  • Inside the retina there is cones and rods
  • Rods are responsible for vision at low light
  • Cones are capable of color vision.
  • Both contain pigments that absorb photons.
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  • Different wavelenghts perceive different color
  • Longer the wavelength closer to red.
  • Shorter wavelength closer to violet.