Table 14.1 Colour, frequency, and energy of light
Colour
$\lambda$/nm
$\nu\/(10^{14}\ Hz)$
$\tilde{\nu}\/(10^4\ cm^{-1})$
$E$/eV
$E\/(kJ\ mol^{-1})$
Infrared
$>1000$
$<3.00$
$<1.00$
$<1.24$
$<120$
Red
700
4.28
1.43
1.77
171
Orange
620
4.84
1.61
2.00
193
Yellow
580
5.17
1.72
2.14
206
Green
530
5.66
1.89
2.34
226
Blue
470
6.38
2.13
2.64
254
Violet
420
7.14
2.38
2.95
285
Near ultraviolet
300
10.0
3.33
4.15
400
Far ultraviolet
$<200$
$>15.0$
$>5.00$
$>6.20$
$>598$
Data: J.G. Calvert and J.N. Pitts, Photochemistry. Wiley, New York (1966).