Light is the combination of 7colors of the spectrum in complete darkness do objects still retaine their color?

Answer 1

Objects do not have color. We perceive as color the wavelengths of light they reflect. Therefore in darkness they would not have color.

Answer 2

Specifically, white light is a combination of those seven families of color. As white light is reflected off of an object, certain frequencies of light are absorbed and what is left reaches your eye and gives you the perception of color based on which frequencies are missing. Color is only a perceived quality of an object, so the question become philosophical very much like the proverbial tree in the forest: The same sound waves are created, but if nobody was there to hear it, did it make a sound? In darkness, the object retains the same properties that will cause it to absorb or reflect the same frequencies of light as it does when illuminated.

Answer 3

Color, as we see it, is the band of the spectrum that is REFLECTED when pure white light falls on it. Like of other color than pure white will have some influence on the color of an object that we see. - Outside in sunlight a phtot will show your skin as white. In the shade, you will appear with a blue cast as a result fo skylight.

In the dark, the pigments contained in the surface material of any object retain their ability to reflect the same bands or color of the spectrum as it would in daylingt. The problem is, there is no light source to produce a reflection.

You question is similar to the falling tree in the forest - in no one is there to hear it, is there a noise.

In a dark room, there is no light to reflect from any object so there is no color. However, the composition of the suraface of any object in the room retians their reflective properties.

Answer 4

Interesting question,

It is obvious from the replies that object have no real color in complete darkness, since color is a property of light. However there is still a difference between a red ball and a blue ball. The pigments in the paint are still different. So I would say that objects in darknes may have potential color even if they have no actual color.

Answer 5

Your definition of light is incorrect, and you're quibbling over the definition of color. The properties of most materials do not change when exposed to light. Learn more about visual perception. Light sources with only 2 or 3 wavelengths are enough to give the visual perception of white. Consider RGB in your TV or computer monitor.

Answer 6

Light is not de combination of 7 colors, the white color is the combination of all the rest of colors combined in a single beam of light.
In darkness there is no light hence there is no color except black, the black color is the absence of light.

Answer 7

The color of an object is dependent on the properties of the light that hits it.

You are not talking about "light"...
You are talking about "WHITE light"...
Light that contains all visible wavelengths.

The color of an object may be different in blue light than it is in white light.
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Answer 8

No, because color is reflected light. An object that is "red" to us is an object that primarily reflects the "red" wavelength of light to us. Without light, it has no color.

Our atmosphere mostly displays "blue" to us (the sky), but without light it is black and absent of color.

Answer 9

objects dont have colour in darkness

they only have colour because of the reflection of light the light bounced back is the colours of the spectrum the atomic structure of the object does'nt absorb.

Answer 10

color is a property of an object..we can tell only the color of an object if light rays strike its surface and reflected back which are interpreted by the rods and cons of our eyes...remove the source of light and human eyes will see only darkness but the object's color is still there...