The color of an opaque object is the same as the light that is reflected by it. Why?
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A soap bubble is 100 nm thick and illuminated by white light incident perpendicular to its surface. What wavelength and color of visible light is most constructively reflected, assuming the same index of refraction as water?
What an object is made of and the color of light that strikes it determine the
A. The apparent color of the object
B. Transparency of the object
C. The opacity of the object
D. None of these
An oil film (nĀ = 1.45) floating on water is illuminated by white light at normal incidence. The film is 280 nm thick. Find
(a) the wavelength and color of the light in the visible spectrum most strongly reflected and
(b) the wavelength and color of the light in the spectrum most strongly transmitted. Explain your reasoning.