Light is simply electromagnetic energy that our eyes can receive and our brain interpret. The EM spectrum is continuous, from very long period waves (radio waves) to extremely energetic waves with short wavelengths (x-rays and gamma rays).
Other life may be able to "see" (interpret) different parts of the EM spectrum, and their "colors" would be completely incomprehensible to us (what "color" does a bird or bee see when it sees into the low ultraviolet? What "color" does a snake sense when it senses thermal radiation?)
However, the wavelengths themselves are very well known and used by mankind, just not for sight (radio waves are used to carry radio signals which a receiver inteprets and converts to sound, for example).
2007-01-30 05:17:40
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answered by ZenPenguin 7
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Well, color is the way our brain interprets different wavelengths of light, and different combinations of different wavelengths. The wavelengths of light are a continuum, so we know about the existence of every possible wavelength. So other animals on Earth or on other planets, their brains might interpret the wavelengths differently, even with colors we can't imagine (kinda like someone who is colorblind can't imagine all the colors), but we would never see those specific colors because our brains work differently.
2007-01-30 13:00:55
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answered by kris 6
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Light can be analysed from any star in the universe, and it all follows the same pattern as the sun's light. It is universal.
Remember that even on you computer you can get 16 million colours. That is a digital limitation. In actual fact there are infinite colours, as there is not a hard line between each shade, but a gradual change from one shade to another.
2007-01-30 14:06:37
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answered by nick s 6
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Heck, there are colors right here on Earth that humans can't see. Humans can only see a very small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Bees, for instance, are sensitive to other portions that we are not.
But if you're asking if there will be other colors that we could see elsewhere that we cannot here, the answer is no.
2007-01-30 12:58:55
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answered by gebobs 6
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No . Our eyes are sensitive to certain wavelengths of light that cause us to see in color and the sun has white light which contains all the colors we can see.
2007-01-30 13:00:58
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answered by Gene 7
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Probably there are. However, it is of no importance to us if our eyes are insensitive to any of those different colours.
Interesting question, though.
2007-01-30 15:33:43
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answered by Anonymous
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I would imagine not..........as we get our colors from natural resources, such as the rainbow.....but, I suppose it could be possible. Anything is possible if we haven't discovered it yet!
2007-01-30 12:59:09
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answered by kelliandjay 3
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