Friday, April 25, 2008

Visible white light is composed of all colors of the visible spectrum


The colors are arranged according to their wavelengths.  Violet has a wavelength of about 400 nm (4 * 10^-7 meters or 0.0000004 meters), while red has a wavelength of about 700 nm (7*10^-7 meters or 0.0000007 meters).

But clearly, these aren't all the numbers available.  What if the wavelength were smaller, like say 10^-23 meters (0.00000000000000000000001) meters?  What about larger wavelengths, like a million meters (1,000,000 meters)?

These also exist.


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