Color & Polarization Color is not just simply created; it is built up of rays of light we see as color itself.

Light waves do many things, and are important to our world around us. They absorb, and reflect the color spectrum which is seen in the rainbow. Polarization is restricting these waves from vibrating in one direction. A way for color to be created is when the colors of light waves and pigments combine. When equal primary colors are combined, you will get white. When two equal primaries are combined, you will get secondary colors; and when you combine unequal proportions of one or two secondarys/primaries, you will get all the other colors. This is known as Additive Synthesis. How we are able to see color is the special cones and rods in our eyes. They allow us to see the color reflecting off an object. How this works is all the light going to an object is either reflected or absorbed. The color reflected off an object is the color we see. All other colors of light is absorbed into that object. So an apple appears red because it is reflecting the red light waves and absorbing all others. Absorption filters made of dyed glass or pigmented resin help us to see and create specific colors of the spectrum. These operate by decreasing light through specific wavelengths. The results depend on physical thickness of the filter and amount of dye present. Polarization is the vibrating of a wave on more than one plane. Polarization waves move in a linear line, and can either be vertical or horizontal. Polarized light is created by a single vibrating electron emitting an electromagnetic wave that is polarized on a single plane. The way humans see this polarized light is by a glare, which is why we wear sunglasses. Sunglasses reduce the glare by using a filter that limits how much light that can pass through. REFERENCES
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