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Color Absorption

10/17/2015 12:18 AM

Is it true that we see the color of spectrum when a material surface repels it.

Say plants are colored green since the green spectrum has no use for them, the other spectrum wavelength they needed to absorb. Other plants are colored red sometimes multi-colored, just to get repel the spectrum they don't need.

So, if you are interested to capture a wide spectrum of light, you make use of a black body, which will absorbed all.

And probably change the color of the roof to violet just to prevent absorption of UV.

Do you agree on this?

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Re: Color Absorption

10/17/2015 8:16 AM

I think you're confusing light in the visible spectrum with higher energy wavelength's that are not in the visible spectrum...surfaces that reflect visible light need not be good reflectors in another wavelength....people generally settle for white, but if you wanted to take it to the next level you might go with a mirror, or polished aluminum....I have used foil backed material for lining attic roofs that work well at reflecting heat....so possibly a multi-level approach would work best....

"The UV region covers the wavelength range 100-400 nm and is divided into three bands:

  • UVA (315-400 nm)
  • UVB (280-315 nm)
  • UVC (100-280 nm).

As sunlight passes through the atmosphere, all UVC and approximately 90% of UVB radiation is absorbed by ozone, water vapour, oxygen and carbon dioxide. UVA radiation is less affected by the atmosphere. Therefore, the UV radiation reaching the Earth's surface is largely composed of UVA with a small UVB component."

http://www.who.int/uv/uv_and_health/en/

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Re: Color Absorption

10/17/2015 10:23 AM

Repel is the wrong word. The proper term is reflect. An object reflects light, absorbs light or transmits light to different degrees for different parts of the spectrum (wavelengths). All light which strikes an object falls into these three categories. For example, a piece of glass reflects a little, absorbs a little, and transmits most of the light falling on it. If the glass is colored green, the wavelengths other than green are absorbed. Green light is reflected and transmitted.

The wavelengths absorbed by chlorophyll are blue and red as shown below, leaving green to be reflected. It's not necessary that it "uses" all the wavelengths that are absorbed. Current theories are that the red portion that is absorbed are used for photosynthesis.

"The two currently accepted photosystem units are Photosystem II and Photosystem I, which have their own distinct reaction centres, named P680 and P700, respectively. These centres are named after the wavelength (in nanometers) of their red-peak absorption maximum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll#Chlorophyll_and_photosynthesis

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Re: Color Absorption

10/17/2015 11:32 AM

Seem like everything has its distinct purpose, i thought about colors before only beautifies the environment, more like for visuals and for self defense, but only to find out it is a constituent to the mystery along with geometries. Cool.

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