Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program
Conceptual Physics: The High School Physics Program
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ISBN: 9780133647495
Author: Paul G. Hewitt
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 28, Problem 38A
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To Find:The color that is reflected from the glass, when the light shone on red ink dried on a glass plate transmits red color.

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The primary colors are red, green, and blue. The glass incident with all colors of light because the white light is made up of the entire visible spectrum.

The glass transmits red light. So, there is no red light remaining in the light that it reflects.It means the blue and the green lights are reflected and the combination is cyan.

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The color that is reflected from the glass is cyan.

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