VISIBLE LIGHT

Visible Light

Table of Contents

Introduction3

History4

Spectroscopy4

Spectral colors5

Color display spectrum5

References6

VISIBLE LIGHT

Introduction

The visible light is the light, which can be detected by the human eye. It is also known as, “Visible Spectrum” or sometimes, “Optical spectrum.” (Ditchburn 1991)

There is no particular limit to define the concept of visible spectrum of light, the light, which can be adapted by the human eye usually, is usually more sensitive to the light, which has wavelength of around five hundred and fifty nm, which corresponds to the yellowish green light.  Usually, we conceive that the reaction of the human eye cover wavelengths, which are ranging somewhere from 380 nm ...