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This is a really great animation, and I can't say how happy I was to see it. One minor improvement- you should additively blend the the individual 'spectrum waves' to give an even tighter effect- the beam will start white because all of the overdraw as it enters the prism, and then the individual wavelengths will emerge in their true colour once they are sufficiently far out. The effect also suggests combination of these wavelengths causes white.

This article largely duplicates the scope of visible spectrum and partially duplicates electromagnetic spectrum. Should we merge these articles together? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 15:09, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Visible spectrum and electromagnetic spectrum may be candidates for a merge. But, this article, Light, should be aimed at a more general audience. So, I would be against merging this article with either of the other two. Constant314 (talk) 15:16, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article says "In physics, the term "light" may refer more broadly to electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength, whether visible or not"

Surely this isn't true. Nobody refers to radio waves or microwaves as light. BrianDGregory (talk) 15:14, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve a PhD in astrophysics. Plenty of folks I know refer to the EM spectrum generically as light, including radio and microwave. Hope that’s helpful! Alysaobertas (talk) 05:34, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to make a mention that this article is way too human-centric. Light is visible to all animals with eyes, not just humans. (https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/animal-vision-how-do-animals-see) This article here clearly mention that all animals with eyes are capable of seeing light and not just humans. There are also pages about other animal vision that link to this article but this article almost exclusively deals with light from a human-centric view. All this yet the first sentence reads "Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye." this sentence to me is considered anthropocentrism (aka viewing that humans alone possess intrinsic value) and I do not like it.

I wish that this article could be expanded to talk about light for other animals too and instead make a seperate article for light perception in humans.

Also yes. I am autistic. 2001:FB1:94:1398:C0E:6CA:9EEA:D0F1 (talk) 05:52, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]