Visible light and colour

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    • Name the 3 different ways light can pass through an object
      Absorb. Transmit. Reflect
    • What happens when light hits an opaque object?
      Dont transmit light -> absorb and reflect some wavelengths of light
    • What determines the colour we see an object?
      The wavelengths that's most strongly reflected
    • Describe why we see a red bottle as red.
      All the wavelengths of light but red have been absorbed. RED -> REFLECTED
    • Name primary and secondary colours.
      Red, blue, green + Cyan, yellow, magenta
    • How do colour filters work?
      Absorb certain wavelengths and transmit others