Is specific colors are what the object is not reflecting, how are we able to see the white light from a torch mid air?

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Is specific colors are what the object is not reflecting, how are we able to see the white light from a torch mid air?

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Sufficiently hot objects produce their own light, a process called “blackbody radiation”

Torches, incandescent bulbs, the sun – they’re not reflecting light from another source, but rather generating light when very hot molecules dump energy to cool off.

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