Color produced by the physical structure of the material rather than chemical pigments.
I can provide or mathematical formulas (like Snell's Law) if you'd like to go deeper!
Materials (like LEDs or stars) create their own light. Absorption: Electrons soak up specific photon energies. Reflection: Light bounces off the surface. Transmission: Light passes through the material. 🔬 Key Optical Properties 1. Absorption and Selective Reflection This is the most common cause of color. Pigments: Absorb certain wavelengths and reflect others. Colour and The Optical Properties of Materials:...
The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another. Measures how much light slows down.
Explains why the sky is blue (small molecules scatter shorter blue wavelengths). Color produced by the physical structure of the
Color is not an inherent property of an object, but rather a result of how it treats specific wavelengths of visible light.
Light reflects off the top and bottom of a thin layer (like oil on water). Absorption: Electrons soak up specific photon energies
Different colors bend at different angles (like a prism creating a rainbow). 3. Scattering Light is deflected in many directions by small particles.
