Coloured Filters
A coloured filter is a transparent material, which absorbs some wavelengths of light, but allows other wavelengths of light to be transmitted.
Red filter
If the Filter is red, it will absorb the wavelengths of light that correspond to blue and green, but will transmit the wavelengths of light that correspond to red light.
Colour of filter | Colour of light entering filter | Colour of light absorbed by filter | Colour of light transmitted from filter |
---|---|---|---|
Red | White | Blue & Green | Red |
Green | White | Red & Blue | Green |
Blue | White | Red & Green | Blue |
Magenta | White | Green | Red & Blue (Magenta) |
Yellow | White | Blue | Red & Green (Yellow) |
Cyan | White | Red | Blue & Green (Cyan) |
Black | White | Red, Green & Blue | None |
Practice Question
1.Explain what a coloured filter will do.
2. Suggest why it is essential that the filter is transparent and not opaque.
3. White light is directed at a blue filter, state the colour of the transmitted light
4a. Barry directed light through two filters. He sent a beam of white light through a red filter, the transmitted ray from the red filter was then shone through a blue filter. State what Barry would had observed.
4b. Explain the observations in 4a
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