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CPO Chapter 14 terms
Light and Color
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cone cells | photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that respond to color. |
| Cyan | a greenish, light |
| Electromagnetic spectrum | the whole range of light (electromagnetic radiation). |
| Fluorescent | a type of electric light bulb. |
| Incandescence | the process of making light with heat. |
| Magenta | a pink |
| Photoluminescence | occurs when light energy makes something else give off light. |
| pixel | a dot on your computer screen whose color can change depending on the three numbers your computer assigns to it. |
| polarizer | a partially transparent material that lets through only one polarization of light. |
| rod cells | photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that respond to differences in brightness. |
| subtractive primary colors | magenta, yellow, and cyan. |
| terahertz | a unit of measurement that is equal to 1,000,000,000 cycles per second |
| visible light | the light you can see in the range between 400 and 700 nanometers. |
| Yellow | a color that is created when blue is absorbed and red and green are reflected. |