why is it that blue light mainly gets scattered instead of violet? what happens to the violet colour

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The violet colour is scattered more compared to blue.Our eyes are more sensitive to the middle region of the visible electromagnetic spectrum and blue color is more closer to it than violet or indigo. This is why we perceive the sky to be blue as our eyes are more receptive to such frequencies.

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Sir,

I am Shaun job of class 10, I have a doubt in physics on the topic of optics,

This is the question Sir

If the Rayleigh scattering holds good, then the intensity of scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength, then when sunlight enters the earth's atmosphere, the violet light should get scattered the most and blue light also gets scattered, but less than violet light, so my question is why doesnt the sky appear violet instead of blue??

Thank you Sir

Shaun

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