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For the music album, see <a href="/wiki/The_Color_Spectrum" title="The Color Spectrum">The Color Spectrum</a>.</div> The visible spectrum is the <a href="/wiki/Spectral_band" title="Spectral band">band</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum" title="Electromagnetic spectrum">electromagnetic spectrum</a> that is <a href="/wiki/Visual_perception" title="Visual perception">visible</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Human_eye" title="Human eye">human eye</a>. <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation" title="Electromagnetic radiation">Electromagnetic radiation</a> in this range of <a href="/wiki/Wavelength" title="Wavelength">wavelengths</a> is called <a href="/wiki/Visible_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Visible light">visible light</a> (or simply light). The optical spectrum is sometimes considered to be the same as the visible spectrum, but some authors define the term more broadly, to include the <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet" title="Ultraviolet">ultraviolet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a> parts of the electromagnetic spectrum as well, known collectively as <a href="/wiki/Optical_radiation" title="Optical radiation">optical radiation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-ThoughtCo-2">[2]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Light_dispersion_of_a_mercury-vapor_lamp_with_a_flint_glass_prism_IPNr%C2%B00125.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Light_dispersion_of_a_mercury-vapor_lamp_with_a_flint_glass_prism_IPNr%C2%B00125.jpg/220px-Light_dispersion_of_a_mercury-vapor_lamp_with_a_flint_glass_prism_IPNr%C2%B00125.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Light_dispersion_of_a_mercury-vapor_lamp_with_a_flint_glass_prism_IPNr%C2%B00125.jpg/330px-Light_dispersion_of_a_mercury-vapor_lamp_with_a_flint_glass_prism_IPNr%C2%B00125.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Light_dispersion_of_a_mercury-vapor_lamp_with_a_flint_glass_prism_IPNr%C2%B00125.jpg/440px-Light_dispersion_of_a_mercury-vapor_lamp_with_a_flint_glass_prism_IPNr%C2%B00125.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2309" data-file-height="2818"></a><figcaption>White <a href="/wiki/Light" title="Light">light</a> is <a href="/wiki/Dispersion_(optics)" title="Dispersion (optics)">dispersed</a> by a glass <a href="/wiki/Triangular_prism_(optics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triangular prism (optics)">prism</a> into the colors of the visible spectrum.</figcaption></figure> A typical <a href="/wiki/Human_eye" title="Human eye">human eye</a> will respond to wavelengths from about 380 to about 750 <a href="/wiki/Nanometers" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanometers">nanometers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> In terms of frequency, this corresponds to a band in the vicinity of 400–790 <a href="/wiki/Terahertz_(unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terahertz (unit)">terahertz</a>. These boundaries are not sharply defined and may vary per individual.<a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2024-4">[4]</a> Under optimal conditions, these limits of human perception can extend to 310 nm (ultraviolet) and 1100 nm (near infrared).<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The spectrum does not contain all the <a href="/wiki/Color" title="Color">colors</a> that the human <a href="/wiki/Visual_system" title="Visual system">visual system</a> can distinguish. <a href="/wiki/Excitation_purity" class="mw-redirect" title="Excitation purity">Unsaturated colors</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Pink" title="Pink">pink</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Purple" title="Purple">purple</a> variations like <a href="/wiki/Magenta" title="Magenta">magenta</a>, for example, are absent because they can only be made from a mix of multiple wavelengths. Colors containing only one wavelength are also called pure colors or <a href="/wiki/Spectral_color" title="Spectral color">spectral colors</a>.<a href="#cite_note-hyperphysics-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Visible wavelengths pass largely unattenuated through the <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth's atmosphere">Earth's atmosphere</a> via the "<a href="/wiki/Optical_window" title="Optical window">optical window</a>" region of the electromagnetic spectrum. An example of this phenomenon is when clean air <a href="/wiki/Scattering" title="Scattering">scatters</a> blue light more than red light, and so the midday sky appears blue (apart from the area around the Sun which appears white because the light is not scattered as much). The optical window is also referred to as the "visible window" because it overlaps the human visible response spectrum. The <a href="/wiki/Near_infrared" class="mw-redirect" title="Near infrared">near infrared</a> (NIR) window lies just out of the human vision, as well as the medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) window, and the long-wavelength or far-infrared (LWIR or FIR) window, although other animals may perceive them.<a href="#cite_note-ThoughtCo-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2024-4">[4]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Spectral_colors">1 Spectral colors</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History">2 History</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Limits_to_visible_range">3 Limits to visible range</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Atmospheric_transmission">3.1 Atmospheric transmission</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Ocular_transmission">3.2 Ocular transmission</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Opsin_absorption">3.3 Opsin absorption</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Different_definitions">3.4 Different definitions</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Vision_outside_the_visible_spectrum">3.5 Vision outside the visible spectrum</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Non-visual_light_detection">3.6 Non-visual light detection</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#In_non-humans">4 In non-humans</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Mammals">4.1 Mammals</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Birds">4.2 Birds</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Fish">4.3 Fish</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Invertebrates">4.4 Invertebrates</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Thermal_vision">4.5 Thermal vision</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Spectroscopy">5 Spectroscopy</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#See_also">6 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#References">7 References</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Spectral_colors">Spectral colors</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Spectral colors" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#FFF;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Linear_visible_spectrum.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="sRGB rendering of the spectrum of visible light"><noscript><img alt="sRGB rendering of the spectrum of visible light" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Linear_visible_spectrum.svg/300px-Linear_visible_spectrum.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="57" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="605" data-file-height="115"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 57px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Linear_visible_spectrum.svg/300px-Linear_visible_spectrum.svg.png" data-alt="sRGB rendering of the spectrum of visible light" data-width="300" data-height="57" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Linear_visible_spectrum.svg/450px-Linear_visible_spectrum.svg.png 1.5x, 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<td>530–600 </td> <td>2.19–2.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"> <a href="/wiki/Yellow" title="Yellow">yellow</a></div> </td> <td>565–590 </td> <td>510–530 </td> <td>2.10–2.19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"> <a href="/wiki/Orange_(colour)" title="Orange (colour)">orange</a></div> </td> <td>590–625 </td> <td>480–510 </td> <td>1.98–2.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"> <a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">red</a></div> </td> <td>625–750 </td> <td>400–480 </td> <td>1.65–1.98 </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Spectral_color" title="Spectral color">Spectral color</a></div> Colors that can be produced by visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths (<a href="/wiki/Monochromatic_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Monochromatic light">monochromatic light</a>) are called <a href="/wiki/Spectral_color" title="Spectral color">pure spectral colors</a>. The various color ranges indicated in the illustration are an approximation: The spectrum is continuous, with no clear boundaries between one color and the next.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newton%27s_color_circle.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Newton%27s_color_circle.png/220px-Newton%27s_color_circle.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="226" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="810"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 226px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Newton%27s_color_circle.png/220px-Newton%27s_color_circle.png" data-width="220" data-height="226" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Newton%27s_color_circle.png/330px-Newton%27s_color_circle.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Newton%27s_color_circle.png/440px-Newton%27s_color_circle.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Newton's color circle, from Opticks of 1704, showing the colors he associated with <a href="/wiki/Musical_note" title="Musical note">musical notes</a>. The spectral colors from red to violet are divided by the notes of the musical scale, starting at D. The circle completes a full <a href="/wiki/Octave" title="Octave">octave</a>, from D to D. Newton's circle places red, at one end of the spectrum, next to violet, at the other. This reflects the fact that non-spectral <a href="/wiki/Purple" title="Purple">purple</a> colors are observed when red and violet light are mixed.</figcaption></figure> In the 13th century, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Bacon" title="Roger Bacon">Roger Bacon</a> theorized that <a href="/wiki/Rainbow" title="Rainbow">rainbows</a> were produced by a similar process to the passage of light through glass or crystal.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> In the 17th century, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a> discovered that prisms could disassemble and reassemble white light, and described the phenomenon in his book <a href="/wiki/Opticks" title="Opticks">Opticks</a>. He was the first to use the word spectrum (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "appearance" or "apparition") in this sense in print in 1671 in describing his <a href="/wiki/Experiment" title="Experiment">experiments</a> in <a href="/wiki/Optics" title="Optics">optics</a>. Newton observed that, when a narrow beam of <a href="/wiki/Sunlight" title="Sunlight">sunlight</a> strikes the face of a glass <a href="/wiki/Dispersive_prism" title="Dispersive prism">prism</a> at an angle, some is <a href="/wiki/Reflected" class="mw-redirect" title="Reflected">reflected</a> and some of the beam passes into and through the glass, emerging as different-colored bands. Newton hypothesized light to be made up of "corpuscles" (particles) of different colors, with the different colors of light moving at different speeds in transparent matter, red light moving more quickly than violet in glass. The result is that red light is bent (<a href="/wiki/Refracted" class="mw-redirect" title="Refracted">refracted</a>) less sharply than violet as it passes through the prism, creating a spectrum of colors. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG/300px-Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="103" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="701" data-file-height="240"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 300px;height: 103px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG/300px-Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG" data-width="300" data-height="103" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG/450px-Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG/600px-Newton_prismatic_colours.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Newton's observation of prismatic colors (<a href="/wiki/David_Brewster" title="David Brewster">David Brewster</a> 1855)</figcaption></figure> Newton originally divided the spectrum into six named colors: <a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">red</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orange_(color)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange (color)">orange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yellow" title="Yellow">yellow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue" title="Blue">blue</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Violet_(color)" title="Violet (color)">violet</a>. He later added <a href="/wiki/Indigo" title="Indigo">indigo</a> as the seventh color since he believed that seven was a perfect number as derived from the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Sophists" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophists">sophists</a>, of there being a connection between the colors, the musical notes, the known objects in the <a href="/wiki/Solar_System" title="Solar System">Solar System</a>, and the days of the week.<a href="#cite_note-Isacoff2009-12">[12]</a> The human eye is relatively insensitive to indigo's frequencies, and some people who have otherwise-good vision cannot distinguish indigo from blue and violet. For this reason, some later commentators, including <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a>,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> have suggested that indigo should not be regarded as a color in its own right but merely as a shade of blue or violet. Evidence indicates that what Newton meant by "indigo" and "blue" does not correspond to the modern meanings of those color words. Comparing Newton's observation of prismatic colors with a color image of the visible light spectrum shows that "indigo" corresponds to what is today called blue, whereas his "blue" corresponds to <a href="/wiki/Cyan" title="Cyan">cyan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> In the 18th century, <a href="/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a> wrote about optical spectra in his <a href="/wiki/Theory_of_Colours" title="Theory of Colours">Theory of Colours</a>. Goethe used the word spectrum (Spektrum) to designate a ghostly optical <a href="/wiki/Afterimage" title="Afterimage">afterimage</a>, as did <a href="/wiki/Schopenhauer" class="mw-redirect" title="Schopenhauer">Schopenhauer</a> in <a href="/wiki/On_Vision_and_Colors" class="mw-redirect" title="On Vision and Colors">On Vision and Colors</a>. Goethe argued that the continuous spectrum was a compound phenomenon. Where Newton narrowed the beam of light to isolate the phenomenon, Goethe observed that a wider aperture produces not a spectrum but rather reddish-yellow and blue-cyan edges with <a href="/wiki/White" title="White">white</a> between them. The spectrum appears only when these edges are close enough to overlap. In the early 19th century, the concept of the visible spectrum became more definite, as light outside the visible range was discovered and characterized by <a href="/wiki/William_Herschel" title="William Herschel">William Herschel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Ritter" title="Johann Wilhelm Ritter">Johann Wilhelm Ritter</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet" title="Ultraviolet">ultraviolet</a>), <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Young_(scientist)" title="Thomas Young (scientist)">Thomas Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Johann_Seebeck" title="Thomas Johann Seebeck">Thomas Johann Seebeck</a>, and others.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Young was the first to measure the wavelengths of different colors of light, in 1802.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> The connection between the visible spectrum and <a href="/wiki/Color_vision" title="Color vision">color vision</a> was explored by Thomas Young and <a href="/wiki/Hermann_von_Helmholtz" title="Hermann von Helmholtz">Hermann von Helmholtz</a> in the early 19th century. Their <a href="/wiki/Young%E2%80%93Helmholtz_theory" title="Young–Helmholtz theory">theory of color vision</a> correctly proposed that the eye uses three distinct receptors to perceive color. <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Limits_to_visible_range">Limits to visible range</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Limits to visible range" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Color_vision#Physiology_of_color_perception" title="Color vision">Color vision § Physiology of color perception</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luminosity.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Luminosity.svg/330px-Luminosity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="228" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="465"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 330px;height: 228px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Luminosity.svg/330px-Luminosity.svg.png" data-width="330" data-height="228" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Luminosity.svg/495px-Luminosity.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Luminosity.svg/660px-Luminosity.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Photopic_vision" title="Photopic vision">Photopic</a> (black) and <a href="/wiki/Scotopic" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotopic">scotopic</a> (green) luminous efficiency functions. The horizontal axis is wavelength in <a href="/wiki/Nanometre" title="Nanometre">nm</a>. See <a href="/wiki/Luminous_efficiency_function" title="Luminous efficiency function">luminous efficiency function</a> for more info.</figcaption></figure> The visible spectrum is limited to wavelengths that can both reach the retina and trigger <a href="/wiki/Visual_phototransduction" title="Visual phototransduction">visual phototransduction</a> (excite a <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate_visual_opsin" title="Vertebrate visual opsin">visual opsin</a>). Insensitivity to <a href="/wiki/UV_light" class="mw-redirect" title="UV light">UV light</a> is generally limited by transmission through the <a href="/wiki/Lens_(vertebrate_anatomy)" title="Lens (vertebrate anatomy)">lens</a>. Insensitivity to <a href="/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">IR light</a> is limited by the <a href="/wiki/Spectral_sensitivity" title="Spectral sensitivity">spectral sensitivity</a> functions of the visual opsins. The range is defined <a href="/wiki/Psychometrically" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychometrically">psychometrically</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Luminous_efficiency_function" title="Luminous efficiency function">luminous efficiency function</a>, which accounts for all of these factors. In humans, there is a separate function for each of two visual systems, one for <a href="/wiki/Photopic_vision" title="Photopic vision">photopic vision</a>, used in daylight, which is mediated by <a href="/wiki/Cone_cell" title="Cone cell">cone cells</a>, and one for <a href="/wiki/Scotopic_vision" title="Scotopic vision">scotopic vision</a>, used in dim light, which is mediated by <a href="/wiki/Rod_cell" title="Rod cell">rod cells</a>. Each of these functions have different visible ranges. However, discussion on the visible range generally assumes photopic vision. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atmospheric_transmission">Atmospheric transmission</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Atmospheric transmission" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The visible range of most animals evolved to match the <a href="/wiki/Optical_window" title="Optical window">optical window</a>, which is the range of light that can pass through the atmosphere. The ozone layer absorbs almost all UV light (below 315 nm).<a href="#cite_note-Hunt-2001-19">[19]</a> However, this only affects cosmic light (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Sunlight" title="Sunlight">sunlight</a>), not terrestrial light (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Bioluminescence" title="Bioluminescence">Bioluminescence</a>). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ocular_transmission">Ocular transmission</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ocular transmission" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png/330px-Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="196" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1655" data-file-height="985"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 330px;height: 196px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png/330px-Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png" data-width="330" data-height="196" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png/495px-Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png/660px-Lens_Cornea_Transmission.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Cumulative <a href="/wiki/Absorption_spectroscopy" title="Absorption spectroscopy">transmission spectra</a> of light as it passes through the ocular media, namely after the <a href="/wiki/Cornea" title="Cornea">cornea</a> (blue), before the <a href="/wiki/Lens_(vertebrate_anatomy)" title="Lens (vertebrate anatomy)">lens</a> (red), after the lens (gray) and before the <a href="/wiki/Retina" title="Retina">retina</a> (orange). The solid lines are for a 4.5 year old eye. The dashed orange line is for a 53 year old eye, and dotted for a 75 year old eye, indicating the effect of lens yellowing.)</figcaption></figure> Before reaching the <a href="/wiki/Retina" title="Retina">retina</a>, light must first transmit through the <a href="/wiki/Cornea" title="Cornea">cornea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lens_(vertebrate_anatomy)" title="Lens (vertebrate anatomy)">lens</a>. UVB light (< 315 nm) is filtered mostly by the cornea, and UVA light (315–400 nm) is filtered mostly by the lens.<a href="#cite_note-Boettner-1962-20">[20]</a> The lens also yellows with age, attenuating transmission most strongly at the blue part of the spectrum.<a href="#cite_note-Boettner-1962-20">[20]</a> This can cause <a href="/wiki/Xanthopsia" title="Xanthopsia">xanthopsia</a> as well as a slight truncation of the short-wave (blue) limit of the visible spectrum. Subjects with <a href="/wiki/Aphakia" title="Aphakia">aphakia</a> are missing a lens, so UVA light can reach the retina and excite the visual opsins; this expands the visible range and may also lead to <a href="/wiki/Cyanopsia" title="Cyanopsia">cyanopsia</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opsin_absorption">Opsin absorption</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Opsin absorption" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Each opsin has a <a href="/wiki/Spectral_sensitivity" title="Spectral sensitivity">spectral sensitivity</a> function, which defines how likely it is to absorb a photon of each wavelength. The luminous efficiency function is approximately the superposition of the contributing <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate_visual_opsin" title="Vertebrate visual opsin">visual opsins</a>. Variance in the position of the individual opsin spectral sensitivity functions therefore affects the luminous efficiency function and the visible range. For example, the long-wave (red) limit changes proportionally to the position of the L-opsin. The positions are defined by the peak wavelength (wavelength of highest sensitivity), so as the L-opsin peak wavelength blue shifts by 10 nm, the long-wave limit of the visible spectrum also shifts 10 nm. Large deviations of the L-opsin peak wavelength lead to a form of <a href="/wiki/Color_blindness" title="Color blindness">color blindness</a> called <a href="/wiki/Protanomaly" class="mw-redirect" title="Protanomaly">protanomaly</a> and a missing L-opsin (<a href="/wiki/Protanopia" class="mw-redirect" title="Protanopia">protanopia</a>) shortens the visible spectrum by about 30 nm at the long-wave limit. Forms of color blindness affecting the M-opsin and S-opsin do not significantly affect the luminous efficiency function nor the limits of the visible spectrum. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Different_definitions">Different definitions</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Different definitions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Regardless of actual physical and biological variance, the definition of the limits is not standard and will change depending on the industry. For example, some industries may be concerned with practical limits, so would conservatively report 420–680 nm,<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-Bradt2004-22">[22]</a> while others may be concerned with <a href="/wiki/Psychometrics" title="Psychometrics">psychometrics</a> and achieving the broadest spectrum would liberally report 380–750, or even 380–800 nm.<a href="#cite_note-Ohannesian-2001-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ahluwalia-2000-24">[24]</a> The luminous efficiency function in the <a href="/wiki/Near-infrared" class="mw-redirect" title="Near-infrared">NIR</a> does not have a hard cutoff, but rather an exponential decay, such that the function's value (or vision sensitivity) at 1,050 nm is about 109 times weaker than at 700 nm; much higher intensity is therefore required to perceive 1,050 nm light than 700 nm light.<a href="#cite_note-Sliney-1976-25">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vision_outside_the_visible_spectrum">Vision outside the visible spectrum</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Vision outside the visible spectrum" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Under ideal laboratory conditions, subjects may perceive infrared light up to at least 1,064 nm.<a href="#cite_note-Sliney-1976-25">[25]</a> While 1,050 nm NIR light can evoke red, suggesting direct absorption by the L-opsin, there are also reports that pulsed NIR lasers can evoke green, which suggests <a href="/wiki/Two-photon_absorption" title="Two-photon absorption">two-photon absorption</a> may be enabling extended NIR sensitivity.<a href="#cite_note-Sliney-1976-25">[25]</a> Similarly, young subjects may perceive ultraviolet wavelengths down to about 310–313 nm,<a href="#cite_note-Lynch-2001-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-Dash-2009-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-Saidman-1933-28">[28]</a> but detection of light below 380 nm may be due to <a href="/wiki/Fluorescence" title="Fluorescence">fluorescence</a> of the ocular media, rather than direct absorption of UV light by the opsins. As UVA light is absorbed by the ocular media (lens and cornea), it may fluoresce and be released at a lower energy (longer wavelength) that can then be absorbed by the opsins. For example, when the lens absorbs 350 nm light, the fluorescence emission spectrum is centered on 440 nm.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-visual_light_detection">Non-visual light detection</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Non-visual light detection" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In addition to the photopic and scotopic systems, humans have other systems for detecting light that do not contribute to the primary <a href="/wiki/Visual_system" title="Visual system">visual system</a>. For example, <a href="/wiki/Melanopsin" title="Melanopsin">melanopsin</a> has an absorption range of 420–540 nm and regulates <a href="/wiki/Circadian_rhythm" title="Circadian rhythm">circadian rhythm</a> and other reflexive processes.<a href="#cite_note-Enezi-2011-30">[30]</a> Since the melanopsin system does not form images, it is not strictly considered <a href="/wiki/Visual_perception" title="Visual perception">vision</a> and does not contribute to the visible range. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="In_non-humans">In non-humans</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In non-humans" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_color_vision" title="Evolution of color vision">Evolution of color vision</a></div> The visible spectrum is defined as that visible to humans, but the variance between species is large. Not only can <a href="/wiki/Cone_opsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Cone opsin">cone opsins</a> be spectrally shifted to alter the visible range, but <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate" title="Vertebrate">vertebrates</a> with 4 cones (tetrachromatic) or 2 cones (dichromatic) relative to humans' 3 (trichromatic) will also tend to have a wider or narrower visible spectrum than humans, respectively. Vertebrates tend to have 1-4 different opsin classes:<a href="#cite_note-Hunt-2001-19">[19]</a> <ul><li>longwave sensitive (LWS) with peak sensitivity between 500–570 nm,</li> <li>middlewave sensitive (MWS) with peak sensitivity between 480–520 nm,</li> <li>shortwave sensitive (SWS) with peak sensitivity between 415–470 nm, and</li> <li>violet/ultraviolet sensitive (VS/UVS) with peak sensitivity between 355–435 nm.</li></ul> Testing the visual systems of animals behaviorally is difficult, so the visible range of animals is usually estimated by comparing the peak wavelengths of opsins with those of typical humans (S-opsin at 420 nm and L-opsin at 560 nm). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mammals">Mammals</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mammals" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Most mammals have retained only two opsin classes (LWS and VS), due likely to the <a href="/wiki/Nocturnal_bottleneck" title="Nocturnal bottleneck">nocturnal bottleneck</a>. However, old world primates (including humans) have since evolved two versions in the LWS class to regain trichromacy.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt-2001-19">[19]</a> Unlike most mammals, rodents' UVS opsins have remained at shorter wavelengths. Along with their lack of UV filters in the lens, mice have a UVS opsin that can detect down to 340 nm. While allowing UV light to reach the retina can lead to retinal damage, the short lifespan of mice compared with other mammals may minimize this disadvantage relative to the advantage of UV vision.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Dogs have two cone opsins at 429 nm and 555 nm, so see almost the entire visible spectrum of humans, despite being dichromatic.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Horses have two cone opsins at 428 nm and 539 nm, yielding a slightly more truncated red vision.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birds">Birds</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Birds" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bird_vision#Ultraviolet_sensitivity" title="Bird vision">Bird_vision § Ultraviolet_sensitivity</a></div> Most other vertebrates (birds, lizards, fish, etc.) have retained their <a href="/wiki/Tetrachromacy" title="Tetrachromacy">tetrachromacy</a>, including UVS opsins that extend further into the ultraviolet than humans' VS opsin.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt-2001-19">[19]</a> The sensitivity of avian UVS opsins vary greatly, from 355–425 nm, and LWS opsins from 560–570 nm.<a href="#cite_note-Hart-2007-34">[34]</a> This translates to some birds with a visible spectrum on par with humans, and other birds with greatly expanded sensitivity to UV light. The LWS opsin of birds is sometimes reported to have a peak wavelength above 600 nm, but this is an effective peak wavelength that incorporates the filter of avian <a href="/wiki/Oil_droplet" title="Oil droplet">oil droplets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hart-2007-34">[34]</a> The peak wavelength of the LWS opsin alone is the better predictor of the long-wave limit. A possible benefit of avian UV vision involves sex-dependent markings on their <a href="/wiki/Plumage" title="Plumage">plumage</a> that are visible only in the ultraviolet range.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fish">Fish</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Fish" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Vision_in_fish#Ultraviolet" title="Vision in fish">Vision_in_fish § Ultraviolet</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Teleost" title="Teleost">Teleosts</a> (bony fish) are generally tetrachromatic. The sensitivity of fish UVS opsins vary from 347-383 nm, and LWS opsins from 500-570 nm.<a href="#cite_note-Carleton-2020-37">[37]</a> However, some fish that use alternative <a href="/wiki/Chromophore" title="Chromophore">chromophores</a> can extend their LWS opsin sensitivity to 625 nm.<a href="#cite_note-Carleton-2020-37">[37]</a> The popular belief that the common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infrared and ultraviolet light<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> is incorrect, because goldfish cannot see infrared light.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Invertebrates">Invertebrates</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Invertebrates" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The visual systems of invertebrates deviate greatly from vertebrates, so direct comparisons are difficult. However, UV sensitivity has been reported in most insect species.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bee" title="Bee">Bees</a> and many other insects can detect ultraviolet light, which helps them find <a href="/wiki/Nectar" title="Nectar">nectar</a> in flowers. Plant species that depend on insect pollination may owe reproductive success to their appearance in ultraviolet light rather than how colorful they appear to humans. Bees' long-wave limit is at about 590 nm.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mantis_shrimp" title="Mantis shrimp">Mantis shrimp</a> exhibit up to 14 opsins, enabling a visible range of less than 300 nm to above 700 nm.<a href="#cite_note-Hunt-2001-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thermal_vision">Thermal vision</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Thermal vision" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Infrared_sensing_in_snakes" title="Infrared sensing in snakes">Infrared sensing in snakes</a></div> Some snakes can "see"<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> radiant heat at <a href="/wiki/Wavelength" title="Wavelength">wavelengths</a> between 5 and 30 <a href="/wiki/%CE%9Cm" class="mw-redirect" title="Μm">μm</a> to a degree of accuracy such that a blind <a href="/wiki/Rattlesnake" title="Rattlesnake">rattlesnake</a> can target vulnerable body parts of the prey at which it strikes,<a href="#cite_note-Kardong-1991-43">[43]</a> and other snakes with the organ may detect warm bodies from a meter away.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> It may also be used in <a href="/wiki/Thermoregulation" title="Thermoregulation">thermoregulation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Predator" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator">predator</a> detection.<a href="#cite_note-Krochmal-2004-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gre92-46">[46]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Spectroscopy">Spectroscopy</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Visible_spectrum&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Spectroscopy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg/430px-Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="430" height="203" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1650" data-file-height="780"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 430px;height: 203px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg/430px-Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg.png" data-width="430" data-height="203" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg/645px-Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg/860px-Atmospheric_electromagnetic_opacity.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth's atmosphere">Earth's atmosphere</a> partially or totally <a href="/wiki/Opacity_(optics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Opacity (optics)">blocks</a> some wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, but in visible light it is mostly transparent</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Spectroscopy" title="Spectroscopy">Spectroscopy</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Spectroscopy" title="Spectroscopy">Spectroscopy</a> is the study of objects based on the spectrum of color they emit, absorb or reflect. 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(October 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11337280">"Vision in the ultraviolet"</a>. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58 (11): 1583–1598. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2FPL00000798">10.1007/PL00000798</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11337280">11337280</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11706986">11706986</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22938704">22938704</a>. <q>Radiation below 320 nm [ultraviolet (UV)A] is largely screened out by the ozone layer in the Earth's upper atmosphere and is therefore unavailable to the visual system,</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cellular+and+Molecular+Life+Sciences&rft.atitle=Vision+in+the+ultraviolet&rft.volume=58&rft.issue=11&rft.pages=1583-1598&rft.date=2001-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC11337280%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A22938704%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F11706986&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2FPL00000798&rft.aulast=Hunt&rft.aufirst=D.M.&rft.au=Wilkie%2C+S.E.&rft.au=Bowmaker%2C+J.K.&rft.au=Poopalasundaram%2C+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC11337280&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVisible+spectrum" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Boettner-1962-20">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Boettner-1962_20-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Boettner-1962_20-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoettnerWolter1962" class="citation journal cs1">Boettner, Edward A.; Wolter, J. 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Cambridge University Press. p. 11. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996iole.book.....L">1996iole.book.....L</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FCBO9781139174190.004">10.1017/CBO9781139174190.004</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-45233-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-45233-5"><bdi>978-0-521-45233-5</bdi></a>. 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Retrieved 20 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Textbook+of+Organic+Chemistry&rft.pages=110&rft.pub=Narosa&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-81-7319-159-6&rft.aulast=Ahluwalia&rft.aufirst=V.K.&rft.au=Goyal%2C+Madhuri&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtJNJnn0M75MC%26pg%3DPA110&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVisible+spectrum" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sliney-1976-25">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sliney-1976_25-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sliney-1976_25-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sliney-1976_25-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSlineyWangemannFranksWolbarsht1976" class="citation journal cs1">Sliney, David H.; Wangemann, Robert T.; Franks, James K.; Wolbarsht, Myron L. (1976). "Visual sensitivity of the eye to infrared laser radiation". <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_Optical_Society_of_America" title="Journal of the Optical Society of America">Journal of the Optical Society of America</a>. 66 (4): 339–341. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976JOSA...66..339S">1976JOSA...66..339S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1364%2FJOSA.66.000339">10.1364/JOSA.66.000339</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1262982">1262982</a>. <q>The foveal sensitivity to several near-infrared laser wavelengths was measured. It was found that the eye could respond to radiation at wavelengths at least as far as 1,064 nm. A continuous 1,064 nm laser source appeared red, but a 1,060 nm pulsed laser source appeared green, which suggests the presence of second harmonic generation in the retina.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Optical+Society+of+America&rft.atitle=Visual+sensitivity+of+the+eye+to+infrared+laser+radiation&rft.volume=66&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=339-341&rft.date=1976&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F1262982&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1364%2FJOSA.66.000339&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1976JOSA...66..339S&rft.aulast=Sliney&rft.aufirst=David+H.&rft.au=Wangemann%2C+Robert+T.&rft.au=Franks%2C+James+K.&rft.au=Wolbarsht%2C+Myron+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVisible+spectrum" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lynch-2001-26"><a href="#cite_ref-Lynch-2001_26-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLynchLivingston2001" class="citation book cs1">Lynch, David K.; Livingston, William Charles (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4Abp5FdhskAC&pg=PA231">Color and Light in Nature</a> (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 231. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-77504-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-77504-5"><bdi>978-0-521-77504-5</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221008031821/https://books.google.com/books?id=4Abp5FdhskAC&pg=PA231">Archived</a> from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2013. <q>Limits of the eye's overall range of sensitivity extends from about 310 to 1,050 nanometers</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Color+and+Light+in+Nature&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=231&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-521-77504-5&rft.aulast=Lynch&rft.aufirst=David+K.&rft.au=Livingston%2C+William+Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4Abp5FdhskAC%26pg%3DPA231&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVisible+spectrum" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dash-2009-27"><a href="#cite_ref-Dash-2009_27-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDashDash2009" class="citation book cs1">Dash, Madhab Chandra; Dash, Satya Prakash (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7mW4-us4Yg8C&pg=PA213">Fundamentals of Ecology 3E</a>. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 213. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-259-08109-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-259-08109-5"><bdi>978-1-259-08109-5</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221008031820/https://books.google.com/books?id=7mW4-us4Yg8C&pg=PA213">Archived</a> from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2013. <q>Normally the human eye responds to light rays from 390 to 760 nm. This can be extended to a range of 310 to 1,050 nm under artificial conditions.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fundamentals+of+Ecology+3E&rft.pages=213&rft.pub=Tata+McGraw-Hill+Education&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-259-08109-5&rft.aulast=Dash&rft.aufirst=Madhab+Chandra&rft.au=Dash%2C+Satya+Prakash&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7mW4-us4Yg8C%26pg%3DPA213&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVisible+spectrum" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Saidman-1933-28"><a href="#cite_ref-Saidman-1933_28-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaidman1933" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Saidman, Jean (15 May 1933). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3148d">"Sur la visibilité de l'ultraviolet jusqu'à la longueur d'onde 3130"</a> [The visibility of the ultraviolet to the wave length of 3130]. <a href="/wiki/Comptes_rendus_de_l%27Acad%C3%A9mie_des_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences">Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences</a> (in French). 196: 1537–9. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131024092515/http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3148d">Archived</a> from the original on 24 October 2013. 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Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бачнае выпраменьванне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Бачнае выпраменьваньне – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бачнае выпраменьваньне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Видим спектър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Видим спектър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidljiva_svjetlost" title="Vidljiva svjetlost – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Vidljiva svjetlost" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spektr_gwelus" title="Spektr gwelus – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Spektr gwelus" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espectre_visible" title="Espectre visible – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Espectre visible" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%C4%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B9%C4%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2" title="Курăнакан пайăркалав – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Курăнакан пайăркалав" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target">Чӑвашла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barevn%C3%A9_spektrum" title="Barevné spektrum – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Barevné spektrum" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synlige_spektrum" title="Synlige spektrum – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Synlige spektrum" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtspektrum" title="Lichtspektrum – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lichtspektrum" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%8C_%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B1" title="Ορατό φάσμα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ορατό φάσμα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espectro_visible" title="Espectro visible – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Espectro visible" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videbla_spektro" title="Videbla spektro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Videbla spektro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espektro_ikusgai" title="Espektro ikusgai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Espektro ikusgai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C" title="طیف مرئی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="طیف مرئی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_spectrum" title="Visual spectrum – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Visual spectrum" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">Fiji Hindi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_visible" title="Spectre visible – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Spectre visible" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speictream_infheicthe" title="Speictream infheicthe – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Speictream infheicthe" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speactram_an_t-Solais" title="Speactram an t-Solais – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Speactram an t-Solais" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gàidhlig</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espectro_visible" title="Espectro visible – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Espectro visible" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EC%8B%9C%EA%B4%91%EC%84%A0" title="가시광선 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="가시광선" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%B3%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Տեսանելի ճառագայթում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տեսանելի ճառագայթում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE" title="प्रत्यक्ष वर्णक्रम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="प्रत्यक्ष वर्णक्रम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spektar_(boja)" title="Spektar (boja) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Spektar (boja)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spektrum_kasatmata" title="Spektrum kasatmata – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Spektrum kasatmata" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spettro_visibile" title="Spettro visibile – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Spettro visibile" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%94" title="הספקטרום הנראה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הספקטרום הנראה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%83%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4" title="ದೃಗ್ಗೋಚರ ರೋಹಿತ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ದೃಗ್ಗೋಚರ ರೋಹಿತ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eebenga_ronahiya_b%C3%AEnraw" title="Şebenga ronahiya bînraw – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Şebenga ronahiya bînraw" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_visibile" title="Spectrum visibile – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Spectrum visibile" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redzam%C4%81_gaisma" title="Redzamā gaisma – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Redzamā gaisma" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liichtspektrum" title="Liichtspektrum – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Liichtspektrum" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regimasis_spektras" title="Regimasis spektras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Regimasis spektras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1that%C3%B3_spektrum" title="Látható spektrum – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Látható spektrum" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spektrum_yang_boleh_dilihat" title="Spektrum yang boleh dilihat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Spektrum yang boleh dilihat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinar_tampak" title="Sinar tampak – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Sinar tampak" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target">Minangkabau</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%B7%D1%8D%D0%B3%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%85_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%80" title="Үзэгдэх спектр – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Үзэгдэх спектр" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zichtbaar_spectrum" title="Zichtbaar spectrum – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zichtbaar spectrum" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE" title="भिजिबल स्पेक्ट्रम – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="भिजिबल स्पेक्ट्रम" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाल भाषा</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%AF%E8%A6%96%E5%85%89%E7%B7%9A" title="可視光線 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="可視光線" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visuelt_spektrum" title="Visuelt spektrum – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Visuelt spektrum" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_optiske_spekteret" title="Det optiske spekteret – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det optiske spekteret" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%96_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC" title="ਪ੍ਰਤੱਖ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪ੍ਰਤੱਖ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizebl_spekchrom" title="Vizebl spekchrom – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Vizebl spekchrom" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Patois</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awiat%C5%82o_widzialne" title="Światło widzialne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Światło widzialne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espectro_vis%C3%ADvel" title="Espectro visível – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Espectro visível" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectru_vizibil" title="Spectru vizibil – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Spectru vizibil" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Видимое излучение – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Видимое излучение" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA" title="වර්ණාවලිය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="වර්ණාවලිය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target">සිංහල</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_spectrum" title="Visible spectrum – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Visible spectrum" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF" title="روشني جا رنگ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="روشني جا رنگ" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target">سنڌي</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidni_spekter" title="Vidni spekter – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Vidni spekter" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidljivi_spektar" title="Vidljivi spektar – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Vidljivi spektar" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidljivi_spektar" title="Vidljivi spektar – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Vidljivi spektar" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9ktrum_cahaya_kat%C3%A9mbong" title="Spéktrum cahaya katémbong – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Spéktrum cahaya katémbong" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sunda</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4kyv%C3%A4n_valon_spektri" title="Näkyvän valon spektri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Näkyvän valon spektri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synliga_spektrum" title="Synliga spektrum – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" 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class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%89" title="สเปกตรัมมองเห็นได้ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="สเปกตรัมมองเห็นได้" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8E%AC%E1%8E%AA%E1%8F%A9%E1%8F%9B%E1%8F%97_%E1%8F%97%E1%8E%A7%E1%8F%83%E1%8F%97" title="ᎬᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏗᎧᏃᏗ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᎬᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏗᎧᏃᏗ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᏣᎳᎩ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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