Theory, Systems, and Psychology Science and Theory Color is a property of light, not objects. White light contains all wave lengths.
Black objects absorb all wave lengths.
Objects absorb the wave lengths of light that we do not see. They reflect the wave lengths that we do see. When you see blue, the red and yellow light is absorbed. When you see red, the blue and yellow light is absorbed. The colors of the rainbow result from two facts Sunlight is made up of all colors that the human eye can see.