• Question: how do think fade color in the sun

    Asked by to Hayley on 22 Nov 2011. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Hayley Smith

      Hayley Smith answered on 22 Nov 2011:

      The way we see colour is all because of absorption of light.

      Now, I honestly really don’t know why things fade when exposed to sun light, but I guess it could be something to do with the Sun emitting Ultra-Violet (UV) radiation, maybe this has somekind of effect…? Maybe this has some effect on the atoms in materials which affect how they absorb different wavelengths of light?

      I don’t know for sure though, sorry 🙁

Comments