Editing Color (section)

=== Color of objects<span class="anchor" id="Colour of objects"></span> ===

The physical color of an object depends on how it [[absorbance|absorb]]s and [[scattering|scatter]]s light. Most objects scatter light to some degree and do not reflect or transmit light [[specular]]ly like [[glass]]es or [[mirror]]s. A [[transparency (optics)|transparent]] object allows almost all light to [[transmittance|transmit]] or pass through, thus transparent objects are perceived as colorless. Conversely, an [[opacity (optics)|opaque]] object does not allow light to transmit through and instead absorbs or [[reflection (physics)|reflects]] the light it receives. Like transparent objects, [[translucent]] objects allow light to transmit through, but translucent objects are seen colored because they scatter or absorb certain wavelengths of light via internal scattering. The absorbed light is often dissipated as [[heat]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Berns |first=Roy S. |url= |title=Billmeyer and Saltzman's Principles of Color Technology |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |others=Fred W. Billmeyer, Max Saltzman |year=2019 |isbn=978-1119366683 |edition=4th |location=Hoboken, NJ |oclc=1080250734|pages=5–9, 12}}</ref>