Compared to the wavelength of red light, the wavelength of yellow light is?

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Compared to the wavelength of red light, the wavelength of yellow light is?

1. shorter
2. longer
3. the same

2007-04-03 06:42:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

3 answers

1. Shorter

Red light has the longest wavelength of all visible light, violet the shortest.

2007-04-03 06:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by indiana_jones_andthelastcrusade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Which wavelength is longer, infrared or ultraviolet?
Remember that and you will know whether wavelengths get longer or shorter as they go from red to blue.
And since yellow is closer to blue than red is to blue, the wavelength of yellow light would be what compared to the wavelength of red light?

2007-04-03 13:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by dogsafire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

shorter

2007-04-03 13:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by sm bn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋