Question
What are the wavelengths of the basic colors (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet) in the color spectrum?Asked by: Undisclosed sender
Answer
Here are the wavelengts of the colors you requested:| Red | 780 to 622 nm |
| Orange | 622 to 597 nm |
| Yellow | 597 to 577 nm |
| Green | 577 to 492 nm |
| Blue | 492 to 455 nm |
| Violet | 455 to 390 nm
Note: 1 nm (nanometer) = 10-9 m Reference: Hecht Optics by Eugene Hecht, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, USA 1990, p72 Answered by: Anton Skorucak, M.S. Physics, PhysLink.com Creator  Science Quote
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