Why Sky Is Not Violet

Why Sky Is Not Violet. Thus appears the obvious question why is the sky not violet? If shorter wavelengths are scattered most strongly, then there is a puzzle as to why the sky does not appear violet, the colour with the shortest visible wavelength.

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The answer as i've understood it to why the sky doesn't appear violet or this purple is that it has to do with a combination of the fact that there isn't as much violet produced by the sun and it's absorbed higher in the atmosphere. Because you are seeing only scattered light, the skyappears blue. Why is the sky not violet?

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Also i would like to point out t. When you look up at the sky, any light that you see has been redirected toward your eyes—it has been scattered.

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The sky is blue — physicists tell us — because blue light in the sun's rays bends more than red light. In the above seven colours of sunlight, the violet colour scatters more.

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Also, our eyes are not as sensitive to violet as they are to blue. If shorter wavelengths are scattered most strongly, then there is a puzzle as to why the sky does not appear violet, the colour with the shortest visible wavelength.

If Shorter Wavelengths Are Scattered Most Strongly, Then There Is A Puzzle As To Why The Sky Does Not Appear Violet, The Colour With The Shortest Visible Wavelength.

The sunlight reaching us from low in the sky has passed through even more air than the sunlight reaching us from overhead. All these desaturate the sky's blue to give in the limit a milky white. The sky, going off what we know about light, should be violet?

The Sunlight Reaching Us From The Horizon Has Passed Through Even More Air Than The Sunlight Reaching Us From Overhead.

First, looking at the color violet, it looks like a sort of purple. The sky is blue — physicists tell us — because blue light in the sun's rays bends more than red light. We don't see the greenish hue, however, because of the sky's violet light.

You Might Want To Look Up Rayleigh Scattering In Order To Understand The Phenomena At Work Here.

Violet light stimulates both the red and blue receptors in the eye. The scattering occurs at all wavelengths. This is because the sun emits a higher concentration of blue light waves in comparison violet.

Sun Does Not Emit All Frequencies Equally.

But violet light has an even shorter wavelength and a higher frequency than blue light, so by all accounts the skylight should be violet! This is because the sun emits a higher concentration of blue light waves in comparison violet. Furthermore, as our eyes are more sensitive to blue rather than violet this means to us the sky appears blue.

This Is Because The Sun Emits A Higher Concentration Of Blue Light Waves In Comparison Violet.

If shorter wavelengths are scattered most strongly, then there is a puzzle as to why the sky does not appear violet, the colour with the shortest visible wavelength. But this extra bending, or scattering, applies just. The spectrum of light emission from the sun is not constant at all wavelengths, and additionally is absorbed by the high atmosphere, so there is less violet in the light.