What Color Has the Highest Frequency?

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The color with the highest frequency in visible light is violet. Light travels in waves, and frequency is the number of waves that pass a point per second. Higher frequency means more energy. The visible light spectrum ranges from red to violet, and violet has the highest frequency and energy, while red has the lowest.

Visible Light Spectrum (Approximate Values)

Color	Wavelength (nm)	Frequency (THz)
Red	620–750	400–484
Orange	590–620	484–508
Yellow	570–590	508–526
Green	495–570	526–606
Blue	450–495	606–668
Violet	380–450	668–789

Examples

The violet end of a rainbow shows the highest frequency light visible to the human eye.
Ultraviolet light, beyond violet, has even higher frequency but is invisible to us.

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