Red light has the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum. According to Rayleigh scattering, the scattering of light by particles is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength.
Red light is used as danger signal because it
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2008 · Topic: Optics (Prisms and Dispersion)
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