2006-12-12 17:21:18 · 6 answers · asked by chocolateT 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Because of a action potiental sent from your cones in your eye in responce to the stimulus of photons which are reflected off of objects depending on what color they are.
2006-12-12 17:25:02 · answer #1 · answered by Timothy C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see the electromagnetic spectrum. Get colros but they amount of light the object absorbs or reflects. Ex: Black is black because it absorbs all wavelengths of light which is why you get more hot in the summer when you wear dark colors.
2006-12-13 01:31:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different chemicals/elements either absorb or reflect the different colors of the spectrum.
2006-12-13 01:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
objects refract light... which means they absorb the colours contained in light and reject or reflect parts of the light "ray"... if an object seems red, that is because it is absorbing all the colours of the light "rainbow" and reflecting the red part back out
2006-12-13 01:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by kierenmcnally 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an object is colored based on the wavelengths of light it reflects
2006-12-13 01:23:23 · answer #5 · answered by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light waves either absorb or bounce off of an object. the bouncing off is the color that you will see with your eyes.
2006-12-13 07:19:47 · answer #6 · answered by J3NN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋