when we see the colour black we are seeing the light that it reflects not its actual colour
what is the actual colour ?
2007-12-02 00:50:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Fascinating question. A variation of which I have often pondered. A substance seen under white light is coloured when white light falls on it and all the constituent colours of white light are absorbed except the one or combination that is reflected. A substance is black under white light because it absorbs all the constituent colours. No light is reflected, hence its blackness.
I see a red door and I want to paint it black.
2007-12-02 01:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by mmlxxviii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also asked this question to many people and on yahoo answers.
Most people say that black is not a color but infact a loss of light.
But black is a mixture of mostly blue and some brown.
2007-12-02 01:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by bunywars5000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black is a combination of all colors (ROYGBV).
To prove it, try this:
Take a black felt tip pen, and draw a line on a paper towel. Dip the paper towel in a glass of ethyl alcohol with the line facing down. Wait a few minutes and you'll see different colors forming.
2007-12-02 01:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by Jobs_141 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Black is NOT a COLOUR. It is the sensation observed by our eye, when an object ,emit ts no wavelength at all
2007-12-02 00:58:34 · answer #4 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black isn't a colour, it's like silence for the eye.
when you 'hear' silence, it's like when you see black.
black is the absence of light, therefore has so colour.
2007-12-02 01:08:34 · answer #5 · answered by Gabriel H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋