What+makes+different+colours?


 * __WHAT MAKES DIFFERENT COLOURS?__**

Answer the question below, append new answers to the top of this page. _ __Response 1:__ What make colour different? Everywhere you look there is colour, whether it be inside, outside, or underwater. Every thing is made up of atoms and electrons. Also, everything is made up of different electrons and atoms. Any object, by nature, will do one of the following when exposed to light:
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Reflect or Scatter Light (reflection and scattering) Absorb Light (reflection and scattering) Nothing (transmission) Refract Light (refraction)

It all really depends. For example a ripe tomato appears to be red. This is because a ripe tomato contains carotenoid known as "Lycopene". A carotenoid is a class of mainly yellow, orange, or red fat-soluble pigments. Lycopene is a type of carotenoid. When light hits the ripe tomato all of the light that hits other colours like green, blue, is absorbed, but red is reflected thus allowing the tomato appearing red. This is also found in other red fruits. Lycopene absorbs most of the light on the spectrum. In summary to see colour the rods and the cones of the eye pick up on particular wavelengths and frequencies of the colour of the object that is reflected the most. That is how you see colours and how they are different.

Citation:

"What Makes Things The Colour They Are." //colour therapy healing//. N.p., 2012. Web. 24 Feb 2012. . Retrieved on 24 Feb 2012

Beth Durnie Feb 24 2012

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