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Flame Colors:Photons

By Janice VanCleave

When you see colors, it is because some form of visible light has entered your eye and was absorbed by special light sensitive cells inside your eyes.

Filed Under: Light, Physics Tagged With: colored flames, electromagnetic radiation, photons, visible light

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