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The visible light is that region of the electromagnetic spectrum that is detectable by the human eye, whose wavelength ranges from 400 to 700 nm.

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Udayakumar, N. (2014). Visible Light Imaging. In: Manickavasagan, A., Jayasuriya, H. (eds) Imaging with Electromagnetic Spectrum. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54888-8_5

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