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Questions related to the perception and measurement of light (primarily in the visible range), its mathematical description, the reproduction of colors by different means, color combinations, etc. Please use the tag [electromagnetic-radiation] if you want to refer to the general form of light.

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Is anything coloured "infra-red"?

All our day-to-day objects are things we can see, and thus we can conclude that their colour lies in the visual spectrum. Is there matter that does not have a colour within the visual spectrum? What a …
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Why does Snell's law not factor in wavelength?

If dispersion is caused due to different wavelengths bending with different angles, how is Snell's law right in generalizing it as $\sin(i) / \sin(r)$? Or am I missing something?
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