Poll: Is Invisible a Color?
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This, and Hey! What about us people who work with programming and image editing huh?LordZ said:
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Strictly speaking: no. Visibility refers to a different property than color.
However, the two aren't mutually exclusive, a color can be invisible. Of course this all depends in which context "color" is used (that is to say, no artist is going to use ultra-violet in their paintings).
However, the two aren't mutually exclusive, a color can be invisible. Of course this all depends in which context "color" is used (that is to say, no artist is going to use ultra-violet in their paintings).
To be invisible, means you cannot be seen(or are otherwise not visible), it doesn't say anything about the colour of the object. Academically, you could be invisible simply by having another object between you and the observer.
No, the definition of invisible means that that light bends around it, doesn't make contact with it at all, or doesn't fit into the light spectrum to be classified as a color. So it can't be a color, because no light is hitting it.
No. Neither is Black.
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depends on what invisible thing you are looking
if you're looking at high frequency electro magnetic waves then the color you are looking for is ultraviolet... on low frequency it is infrared
depends on what you are looking at and how your definition of color is
if you're looking at high frequency electro magnetic waves then the color you are looking for is ultraviolet... on low frequency it is infrared
depends on what you are looking at and how your definition of color is
Actually, the lack or absence of color would be black. But if the whole entire universe would were to be drained of color, then there would be only black because black is what shows up when there is no color. Transparency or invisibility just takes on the color of whatever is around it. It does not have a set color and all colors go through it.Rednog said:
So OT: no it is not a color. It isn't even physically possible to call it a color. It's more just a state of matter.
Invisibility is the lacking ability of a material to reflect or absorb light in a way your eyes can pick it up. It means all visible light gets passed through.
Colour is the bandwidth of the light that gets reflected, not the light that does not get reflected (that is, either passing through the material or gets absorbed by the material).
No, invisible things do not reflect light, therefor they show no colour.
Colour is the bandwidth of the light that gets reflected, not the light that does not get reflected (that is, either passing through the material or gets absorbed by the material).
No, invisible things do not reflect light, therefor they show no colour.
I have to agree with the dissenters. Depending on your definition of invisible.
A body releasing only infrared wavelengths would be invisible to humans but still electromagnetic radiation, so I guess it's a colour. On the other hand, something undetectable because of no interaction with photons would not have a colour, so no.
A body releasing only infrared wavelengths would be invisible to humans but still electromagnetic radiation, so I guess it's a colour. On the other hand, something undetectable because of no interaction with photons would not have a colour, so no.