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.
Learning About Skin Cancer. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. An estimated 40 to 50 percent of Americans who live to age 65 will have skin cancer at least once. The most common skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma, which accounts for more than 90 percent of all skin cancers in the United States.