I'm not quite sure what it means to "absorb frequency"...
ziqichen
@SlimShady I think it's about absorbing light at a certain frequency. I find this wiki helpful for understanding: https://www.wikilectures.eu/w/Light_absorption
motoole2
@ziqichen Exactly, this is about absorbing light at a certain frequency/color/wavelength. Remember that color can be described in terms of either its wavelength (as shown in the plot) or frequency, where frequency = c / wavelength and c is the speed of light. A material that is black would correspond to a plot where all frequencies are absorbed 100%, and a material that is pure white might correspond to a plot where all frequencies absorb no light at all (i.e., 0%).
I'm not quite sure what it means to "absorb frequency"...
@SlimShady I think it's about absorbing light at a certain frequency. I find this wiki helpful for understanding: https://www.wikilectures.eu/w/Light_absorption
@ziqichen Exactly, this is about absorbing light at a certain frequency/color/wavelength. Remember that color can be described in terms of either its wavelength (as shown in the plot) or frequency, where
frequency = c / wavelengthandcis the speed of light. A material that is black would correspond to a plot where all frequencies are absorbed 100%, and a material that is pure white might correspond to a plot where all frequencies absorb no light at all (i.e., 0%).