Materials (like LEDs or stars) create their own light. Absorption: Electrons soak up specific photon energies. Reflection: Light bounces off the surface. Transmission: Light passes through the material. 🔬 Key Optical Properties 1. Absorption and Selective Reflection This is the most common cause of color. Pigments: Absorb certain wavelengths and reflect others.
Used on glasses and camera lenses to reduce glare. To help you explore this further, let me know: Are you studying this for a physics or chemistry class? Colour and The Optical Properties of Materials:...
I can provide or mathematical formulas (like Snell's Law) if you'd like to go deeper! Materials (like LEDs or stars) create their own light
Light reflects off the top and bottom of a thin layer (like oil on water). Transmission: Light passes through the material
Explains why the sky is blue (small molecules scatter shorter blue wavelengths).
Color produced by the physical structure of the material rather than chemical pigments.