Imagine you have a red toy car. Under white light, it looks bright and shiny. But if you shine only blue light on it, the car seems darker, almost black! That’s because light is made of many colors, and objects reflect some colors while absorbing others. When we see an object under different lights, we’re seeing only the colors that reflect back to us, not all the colors it could show.
Examples
- A green leaf looks black under red light.
- Your blue jeans look gray in a yellow lamp.
- A white cat appears orange in a sunset.
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- What If the Moon Was Made of Cheese?
- What Causes a Solar Eclipse Exactly?
- What's the Difference Between a Comet and an Asteroid?
- What If We Could Live on Mars?
- Why Do We See the Same Side of the Moon?
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