Quotation from: General Science

Written by: Bertha M. Clark


130. Reflected Light. _Opaque Objects._ In Section 106 we learned
that most objects are visible to us because of the light diffusely
reflected from them. A white object, such as a sheet of paper, a
whitewashed fence, or a table cloth, absorbs little of the light which
falls upon it, but reflects nearly all, thus producing the sensation
of white. A red carpet absorbs the light rays incident upon it except
the red rays, and these it reflects to the eye.

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