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Aditya Banerjee.
Nov 1, 2016

In the Visible spectrum of light, red color has the longest wavelength.

Explanation:

Red light has the least frequency among all other colors in the Visible spectrum of light.

Since Wavelength #(lambda)prop1/((Frequency(nu)))#,
#:.lambdaprop1/nu#.

Therefore, Red light has longest wavelength and hence traverses very large distances.

Here follows the Visible light spectrum in the order of increasing wavelength :

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