Lights and Pigments

• Sunlight is made of each color.
• Objects only absorb certain colors (frequencies).
• Blue reflects every color but blue and absorbs blue.
• Black reflects no colors and absorbs every color.
• White reflects every color and absorbs nothing.
• Black is the absence of light.
• Pigments are light absorbing molecules.
• The main photosynthetic pigment is chlorophyll.
• Chlorophyll does not absorb light in the green spectrum.
• Another pigment is carotenoids.
• Carotenoids do not absorb yellow, orange or red light.