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Choose a Page:What happens when colours are mixed?How does the Sun produce light?What is light?How does a vacuum flask work?What is heat?*What is colour?*How does heat travel?What is temperature?How do thermometers work?What is the coldest possible tempe...How fast does light travel?How do our eyes detect light?How do glasses work? What is colour? Colour is a property of light. When white light hits a 'red' object, for example, we see it as red because only red light is reflected; the other colours are absorbed.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Science and Technology Chapter: Heat and Light