Physics (chapter 16)

Secondary light colors

Yellow, Cyan, Magenta

Illuminance

A material that transmits light waves is described as________

dye

A molecule that absorbs certain wavelengths of light and reflects or transmits others is a _____

Primary pigment

A pigment that absorbs only one color from white light is an

Secondary Pigment

A pigment that absorbs two primary colors from white light is a(n)

Complementary colors

A secondary color that produces white light when added to a primary color is the ___________ of the primary color

ray

A straight line that represents the path of a very narrow beam of light is an

Illuminated

An object that reflects light waves is an ________ body

Opaque

An object that reflects or absorbs the light waves that fall on it is ___________

Candela

The SI unit of luminous intensity is the

light

The range of frequencies of electromagnetic waves that stimulate the retina of the eye is _______

Pigment

a colored material that is larger than a molecule and that absorbs some colors and reflects others is a

luminous body

an object that emits light waves is a

translucent

an object that transmits light waves but does not allow another object to be seen through it is described as_______

polarized

light that vibrates in only one plane is said to be _____

primary light colors

red, green, blue

spectrum

the arrangment of colors from violet to red is a ______

luminous flux

the rate at which light is emitted from a source

ray model

the straight line path of light is described by the _____ of light

lumen

the unit of luminous flux

Ray optics

the use of ray diagrams to describe the travel of light