Violet Indigo Blue Green Yellow Orange Red
Visible light waves are the
only electromagnetic waves we can see. We see these waves as the colors of the
rainbow.
Each color has a different wavelength. Red has the longest wavelength
and violet has the shortest wavelength. When all the waves are seen together,
they make white light.
When white light shines
through a prism, the white light is broken apart into the colors of the visible
light spectrum.
Water vapor in the atmosphere can also break apart wavelengths creating a rainbow.
Cones in our eyes are
receivers for these tiny visible light waves. The Sun is a natural source for
visible light waves and our eyes see the reflection of this sunlight off the
objects around us.
The color of an object that
we see is the color of light reflected. All other colors are absorbed.