Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
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Chapter 16, Problem 10CQ
A color TV uses red, green, and blue phosphors to produce the colors we see. In printing, however, we use magenta, yellow, and cyan as the primary colors. How do these two situations differ? Explain.
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4. You are in a room lit only by yellow light. A chair in that room looks red to you. (Your eyes see red + green light as
yellow; your eyes see red+ blue light as magenta; your eyes see green and blue light as cyan)
a. What colors of light is the chair reflecting in the yellow room? What colors of light is the chair absorbing in that
room? Explain.
b. You then move the chair out into the sunlight. What possible colors could the chair be in the sunlight? Explain.
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4. You are in a room lit only by yellow light. A chair in that room looks red to you. (Your eyes see red + green light as yellow, your
eyes see red+ blue light as magenta; your eyes see green and blue light as cyan)
a. What colors of light is the chair reflecting in the yellow room? What colors of light is the chair absorbing in that room?
Explain.
b. You then move the chair out into the sunlight. What possible colors could the chair be in the sunlight? Explain.
There are two ways in which light is different from any other kind of wave. Explain.
Chapter 16 Solutions
Physics of Everyday Phenomena
Ch. 16 - What characteristic of the electromagnetic waves...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2CQCh. 16 - Is it possible for an electromagnetic wave to...Ch. 16 - For which of the following characteristicsspeed,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 5CQCh. 16 - What is the color of light with a wavelength of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 7CQCh. 16 - Prob. 8CQCh. 16 - Prob. 9CQCh. 16 - A color TV uses red, green, and blue phosphors to...
Ch. 16 - Skylight is produced by the scattering of the suns...Ch. 16 - Prob. 12CQCh. 16 - Prob. 13CQCh. 16 - Prob. 14CQCh. 16 - If two waves start out in phase with each other,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16CQCh. 16 - Prob. 17CQCh. 16 - Prob. 18CQCh. 16 - Prob. 19CQCh. 16 - Prob. 20CQCh. 16 - Why do lenses with a reflective coating appear to...Ch. 16 - Prob. 22CQCh. 16 - Prob. 23CQCh. 16 - Prob. 24CQCh. 16 - Prob. 25CQCh. 16 - Prob. 26CQCh. 16 - Can a wave on a guitar string be polarized?...Ch. 16 - Prob. 28CQCh. 16 - Prob. 29CQCh. 16 - Prob. 30CQCh. 16 - Prob. 31CQCh. 16 - Prob. 32CQCh. 16 - Microwaves used in microwave ovens often have a...Ch. 16 - What is the wavelength of the radio waves from a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 3ECh. 16 - Prob. 4ECh. 16 - Light with a wavelength of 700 nm (7 107 m) is...Ch. 16 - Prob. 6ECh. 16 - An orange fringe produced by double-slit...Ch. 16 - Violet light of 425 nm is reflected from a thin...Ch. 16 - An antireflection coating is designed with a...Ch. 16 - Light with a wavelength of 480 nm (4.8 107 m)...Ch. 16 - Prob. 11ECh. 16 - A diffraction grating has 2200 slits or lines...Ch. 16 - Prob. 13ECh. 16 - When passed through a diffraction grating with a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 1SPCh. 16 - Prob. 2SPCh. 16 - Prob. 3SPCh. 16 - A certain soap film has an index of refraction...
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