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2006-08-21 03:00:53 · 6 answers · asked by tom science 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Red has the longest wave lenght so it travels far than others.........
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The visible red light has a wavelength of about 650 nm. At sunrise and sunset, red or orange colors are present because the wavelengths associated with these colors are less efficiently scattered by the atmosphere than the shorter wavelength colors (e.g., blue and purple). A large amount of blue and violet light has been removed as a result of scattering and the longwave colors, such as red and orange, are more readily seen.
2006-08-21 03:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by indrakeerthi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Color is perceived in the eye by the cones on the retina. There are three different types of cones, for receiving red, green, and blue light.
There are more red cones than any other type. (64% of the cones perceive the color red.) So the eye can pick up red in smaller amounts and at fainter brilliances than either blue or green. Things that are red or contain red can therefore be seen from farther away. So hot pink, which is red and some blue, can also be seen from far away, but since red only fires the red cones, it is the most easily seen at a distance.
2006-08-21 03:57:24 · answer #2 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually green would be. Since your eye is drawn and could detect green better than any color making green highly visible. Whoever said red is wrong
2015-01-05 20:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red is least scattered compared to other colors by air and its contents .
2006-08-21 03:18:09 · answer #4 · answered by Pearlsawme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly because there is more red in sunlight and it does not scatter as much as other colors.
2006-08-21 03:15:55 · answer #5 · answered by Fredrick Carley 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
red color has the longest wavelenght among all of the other colors.
2006-08-21 03:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by happy_84 k 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋