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... is the visible spectrum of light supposed to contain all the colors that we are able to see?
if so, where is brown?
if so, where is brown?
We humans can only see what we see. As far as we know our human eyes only detect wavelengths between 380 nm and 650 nm or something close to that. We perceive light as continuous bands, but it is quantum level based. There may be some wavelength of light that our human eyes do not really perceive because the chemistry in the eye is not able to react to those wavelengths. So, for all intents and purposes, we see all that is available in the visible range, but there is the chance that we are missing some.daveed said:... is the visible spectrum of light supposed to contain all the colors that we are able to see?
if so, where is brown?
what_are_electrons said:We humans can only see what we see. As far as we know our human eyes only detect wavelengths between 380 nm and 650 nm or something close to that. We perceive light as continuous bands, but it is quantum level based. There may be some wavelength of light that our human eyes do not really perceive because the chemistry in the eye is not able to react to those wavelengths. So, for all intents and purposes, we see all that is available in the visible range, but there is the chance that we are missing some.
Gara said:...What WOULD the world look like if we could see down to 200 nm and upto 900 nm? Or more!
Could some one ...photoshop an image of what it would roughly look like. I'm guessing no.
Gara said:...What WOULD the world look like if we could see down to 200 nm and upto 900 nm? Or more!
Could some one ...photoshop an image of what it would roughly look like. I'm guessing no.
ArmoSkater87 said:Brown is a mix of color.
daveed said:... is the visible spectrum of light supposed to contain all the colors that we are able to see?
if so, where is brown?
The stoners favorite kitchen appliance would be the microwave as opposed the fridge.Nenad said:Imagine what the world would look like if we could getect all of these.
Gara said:If you edited your eyes somehow, (surgery, genes, whatever) up to 900 nm or above, could you see in the dark via thermal vision?
*grabs a patent and rings up the military*
The visible spectrum is the range of electromagnetic radiation that our eyes are able to detect. It includes all the colors of the rainbow, from red to violet.
There are seven colors in the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. However, there are many shades and variations within each of these colors.
The colors in the visible spectrum are caused by the different wavelengths of light. Each color corresponds to a specific wavelength, with red having the longest wavelength and violet having the shortest.
Brown is not considered a color in the visible spectrum. It is a combination of different wavelengths of light, and is often seen as a mixture of red, orange, yellow, and/or green.
Yes, there are colors outside of the visible spectrum that we cannot see with our eyes. These include infrared and ultraviolet light, which have longer and shorter wavelengths than the colors in the visible spectrum.