Visible light is a form of

electromagnetic (EM) radiation.

Generally, visible light is defined as
the wavelengths that are visible to
most human eyes. Visible light falls
in the range of the EM spectrum
between Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet
(UV).
The most important characteristic of
visible light is color. Color is both an
inherit property of light and an
artifact of the human eye.
Our eyes contain specialized cells,
called cones, that acts as receivers
tuned to the wavelength of this
narrow band of the EM spectrum.
Light at the lower end of the visible

spectrum, having a longer

wavelength, about 740 nm, is seen
as red; light in the middle of the
spectrum is seen as green; and light
at the upper end of the spectrum,
with a wavelength of about 380 nm,
is seen as violet.

All other colors that we perceive are

mixtures of these colors. The first
person to realize that white light was
made up of the colors of the rainbow
was Isaac Newton, who in 1666
passed a sunlight through a narrow
slit and then a prism to project the

colored spectrum onto a wall. As

objects grow hotter, they radiate
energy dominated by shorter
wavelengths, which we perceive as
changing colors. For example, the
flame of a blowtorch changes from
reddish to blue as it is adjusted to
burn hotter. This process of turning
heat energy into light energy is
called incandescence.
The uses of visible light:
visible light makes you see things.
Its what gives everything you see
their color and their characteristics.
Examples of applications that use
visible light are:
Lamps, light bulbs, flashlights,

sensors, basically anything that

produces light.