AQA GCSE Physics contents

Unit 6 · Waves

Visible Light & Colour [Physics only]

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Colour and wavelength

  • Each colour within the visible spectrum has its own narrow band of wavelength and frequency: red has the longest wavelength and violet the shortest
  • White light is a mixture of all the colours of the visible spectrum

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  • Colour and wavelength
  • Specular and diffuse reflection
  • The colour of opaque objects
  • Transparent and translucent objects
  • Colour filters
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