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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?
the visible range is from 400nm to 750nm. And we are missing a lot. The range in wavelength of light is enourmous. The visible spectrum is soo small on the scale. We dont get to see microwaves, radio waves, x-rays, gamma rays. Imagine what the world would look like if we could getect all of these.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.
Well what colours would you assign to the low and high wavelengths? You can't just create a totally new colour.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.
Humans basically have three color receptors, each of which is based on a dye which absorbs different frequencies of light.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.
Brown is a mixture of Orange and Green.ArmoSkater87 said:Brown is a mix of color.
A color in the spectrum is specified by the wavelength, and so this is a one-dimensional quantity.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.![]()
Thermal imaging has been around for some time now. The police used to use it in helicopters to look into peoples houses. The supreme court ruled a few years ago that they need a warrant to image a private residence. Their reasoning was that behind closed doors a person has their right to privacy, and looking through their walls at them when they think they are unobservable is a violation of that privacy. Anything you do in front of an open window or door however is not protected by the right to privacy as people can naturally "see" what you are doing.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*