What colors absorb more heat, when a piece of ice is sitting on the piece of paper on a hot and sunny day? (449) Dark ones.
How specifically does a magenta-dyed silver halide crystal absorb green energy? I know it has to do with wavelength … is magenta somehow ‘dovetailing’ with green light to chemically interact? (448) First of all, in the fully-developed film (or print) the silver halide crystal has been removed and all that remains is the dye. The magenta dye is magenta because of its spectral absorption properties. It is the fact that it absorbs green light that makes it look magenta. The reason it absorbs green light is due to its chemical structure. Essentially an allowed and stable energy level transition in the magenta dye corresponds with the energy of wavelengths that are perceived as green and those wavelengths can be absorbed. (Back to top) How do I figure out what color a reflection of another color might be? For example, if I have a yellow car and something red is reflecting off of it, what color will show up as the reflection on the car?
