NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The sun’s light is white light, meaning it contains all the colors in the visible light spectrum; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Objects that appear a certain color have pigments, which are specific molecular structures, that reflect a specific color while absorbing all colors of light that we don’t see.

Detailed explanation-2: -White objects appear white because they reflect all colours. Black objects absorb all colours so no light is reflected.

Detailed explanation-3: -A white object reflects all colors of white light equally. If an object absorbs all colors but one, we see the color it does not absorb. The yellow strip in the following figure absorbs red, orange, green, blue, indigo and violet light.

Detailed explanation-4: -White light is called as white because it consists of seven colors. The sunlight splits into seven colors namely violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, and red. We usually call it as VIBGYOR.