• Question: What colour does an object look that reflects light of all wavelengths in equal amounts?

    Asked by to Kieren, Rowena, Roy on 19 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 19 Mar 2014:


      White! Visual light is so white, so for us, only being able to see the visual range, if all light is absorbed a thing looks black, and if it’s all reflected, it looks white.

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