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In pitch blackness, do objects still have color?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
normally we see an object in colour because when white light falls on it the object absorbs certain colours from the 7 constituent colours of white light ,i.e,VIBGYOR and reflects certain colours.the colours that are reflected reach our eyes and so we see that object in that colour. the colour black is seen for objects when it either absorbs all the colours falling on it or there is no light(colour) for the object to absorb. when we say there is pitch blackness it means there is no light and so the objects do not have colour then but they do still have the property of reflecting particular colours. so the answer is no.
- ChrisLv 41 decade ago
Yes. Eventhough it may be pitchblack, an object's properties still dictate what color it is. For instance, I could design an experiment that could indicate color without me ever actually seeing it.
@sushruth
I'm assuming you're English by the spelling of color. I'm American, I just thought it as interesting you said ROYGBIV, as (obviously) I've learned it opposite over here.
- 1 decade ago
Yes.
Objects' colour is not what we see. It's their ABILITY to reflect some light (i.e. waveligngths) better than the other. And the object just does not care if it is illuminated - or if it is not. Red tomato remains red even in pitch dark because being red is the property of tomato, and not that of the room. Illuminated or not.
- 1 decade ago
Nope. What we often refer to as being "pitch black" is typically nothing of the sort. In complete pitch blackness, there is no light whatsoever. Color is determined by light particles bouncing off of objects, so therefore, if there is no light, then there is no color.
- Jeff MLv 51 decade ago
Isn't that like "if a tree falls and no one hears it, does it make a noise?"
There has to be someone or something with the right receptive sense for either to happen.