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Dissident Dan
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In basic science class, when talking about light and the colors of objects, people will say that the pigments absorb some light, but the light that represents the color you see is reflected.
Is light actually reflected (the same photons/waves still exist and are now traveling in a different direction as a result of the interaction with the material), or are they merely absorbed and new light is emitted by the material? Maybe a little of both?
Is light actually reflected (the same photons/waves still exist and are now traveling in a different direction as a result of the interaction with the material), or are they merely absorbed and new light is emitted by the material? Maybe a little of both?