white light
Full spectrum combined
White light is light containing all wavelengths of the visible spectrum, perceived as colorless or neutral.
Sunlight is the most familiar example.
A prism splits white light into its component colors.
The term appears in discussions of photography, stage lighting, and color theory: The studio uses white light to avoid color casts.
Degree of light emitted
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
- glowSteady, soft light
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- shineEmit or reflect light
brilliance · glare · beam · ray · daylight · sunlight · fluorescent · incandescent
Light-splitting optical element
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- refractionWave bending between media
- dispersionScattering across space
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
visible spectrum · Newton · spectral · polychromatic · full-spectrum · color separation · diffraction · optics
brightness
Degree of light emitted
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
- glowSteady, soft light
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
shine · brilliance · glare · beam · ray · daylight · sunlight · fluorescent · incandescent · LED
prism
Light-splitting optical element
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- refractionWave bending between media
- dispersionScattering across space
wavelength · visible spectrum · Newton · spectral · polychromatic · full-spectrum · color separation · diffraction · optics · composite
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- lightsunlight, daylight, shine, rays, moonlight
- classical physicsNewton, Newton's laws, Newtonian physics, laws of motion, force
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white lightspectral line
Wavelength marking atomic transition
red light · blue light · filtered light · colored light · sodium light
white lightdarkness
Total absence of light
blackness · shadows · pitch black · obscurity · dark
white lightcolored light
Illumination with hue
warm light · cool light · amber light · black light · golden light
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