Definition - What does Presentation Layer mean? The presentation layer is layer 6 of the 7-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. It is used to present data to the application layer (layer 7) in an accurate, well-defined and standardized format. The presentation layer is sometimes called the syntax layer.
As shown in the next figure, an object is seen as black if it absorbs all colors of white light. A white object reflects all colors of white light equally. If an object absorbs all colors but one, we see the color it does not absorb. The yellow strip in the following figure absorbs red, orange, green, blue, indigo and violet light. It reflects yellow light and we see it as yellow. The eye also uses complementary colors in color vision.
Our eyes are sensitive to light which lies in a very small region of the electromagnetic spectrum labeled visible light. This visible light corresponds to a wavelength range of 400 - 700 nanometers (nm) and a color range of violet through red.The human eye is not capable of seeing radiation with wavelengths outside the visible spectrum.The visible colors from shortest to longest wavelength are: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Ultraviolet radiation has a shorter wavelength than the visible violet light.he visible blue light has a wavelength of about 475 nm. Because the blue wavelengths are shorter in the visible spectrum, they are scattered more efficiently by the molecules in the atmosphere. This causes the sky to appear blue.