2007-03-22 09:28:32 · 5 answers · asked by rathesungod88 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If you look at the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun (the link below shows a nice graph of it), you'll see that the sun emits radiation like a black body (not perfectly, but close enough). The peak of the emitted radiation corresponds to the color yellow (actually, it's a little to the green side). Over the millenia, eyes have developed (dare I say evolved and risk the wrath of the creationists) to take maximum advantage of what's in the environment; we see yellow as brightest because there are more yellow photons than any other color.
2007-03-22 09:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by Grizzly B 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yellow is the brightest color but it DEPENDS witch yellow!
2014-06-26 18:07:39 · answer #2 · answered by Dave Strongfund ironforge/asusee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is where Rayleigh's Law of Scattering has significance. Yellow color has a short wavelength. Rayleigh's law states that the scattering intensity is inversely proprtional to the 4th power of the wavelength. So, Yellow's the brightest color
2007-03-23 06:24:13 · answer #3 · answered by Alyssa 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
cuz i guess the sun is bright and the sun is sorta yellow
2007-03-22 16:38:01 · answer #4 · answered by brunettechick 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Pears?
2007-03-22 16:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋