continuing. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1 : to maintain without interruption a condition, course, or action The boat continued downstream. 3  2 : to remain in existence : endure The tradition continues to this day. 4  3 : to remain in a place or condition : stay We cannot continue here much longer.
If an object absorbs light of most visible frequencies (absorbs because the light's frequency matches electron's frequency), and reflects red, for example, the object appears red. (reflect because red falls below or above the electron's natural frequencies).
Background Information. The different colors of visible light have different wavelengths. Violet light has the. shortest wavelength, has the most energy, and is closest to ultraviolet light. Red light has the. longest wavelength, has less energy, and is closest to infrared light. The other colors of visible. light increase in wavelength and decrease in energy as they get closer to red and infrared light. When you shine white light or sunlight on a colored object, the object will appear to be.