Of the colors in the visible spectrum, red has the lowest frequency and the longest wavelength. As you move on up the spectrum, wavelengths get shorter. Red has the longes â¦ t spectrum of all visible light. But infrared is even longer and there are many more colors but you can't see them.
1 The average age of patients diagnosed with skin cancer is dropping, from 50 to 40 years old. 2  Approximately 75 percent of damage to your skin from the sun happens by the time you are 20 years old. 3  More than 90 percent of all skin cancer cases are due to overexposure to sunlight.
Skin cancer types. There are three main types of skin cancer . The most serious is melanoma. Like all body tissues our skin is made up of cells: basal cells, squamous cells and melanocytes. Skin cancer types are named after the skin cell in which the cancer develops: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Carcinoma is another word for cancer. Basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas are often grouped together and called âcommon' skin cancers.