Explain the appearance of the colour of an object on basics of absorption and reflection of light.

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White objects look white because they reflect back all the visible wavelengths of light that shine on them - so the light still looks white to us. Colored objects, on the other hand, reflect back only some of the wavelengths; the rest they absorb. ... And it cannot look blue because the red ball absorbs blue light.

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