Color is our brain’s response to light.
“Light” is a term that refers to a electromagnetic
radiation.
And
electromagnetic radiation are waves of different energies that extend over a
broad range:
If
the electromagnetic spectrum were a piano keyboard…..
the visible
spectral region would be just one key!
cosmic gamma X-rays
UV Vis IR Radio
induction power
wavelength, nm
10 -8 10 -6 10 -4 10 -2 1 10 2 10 4 10 6 10 8 10
10 10 12 10 14 10 16 nm
frequency, Hz
10 26 10 24 10 22 10 20 10 18 10 16 10 14 10 12 10 10 10 8 10
6 10 4
10 2 Hz