{"id":32440,"date":"2014-08-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=32440"},"modified":"2014-08-21T16:19:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T20:19:40","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-color-black-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2014\/uncommon-knowledge-color-black-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: What Color is Black Light?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/black-light-putty?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/blacklight-putty-548x548.jpg\" alt=\"Black Light Putty | UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"548\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/blacklight-putty-548x548.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/blacklight-putty-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/blacklight-putty-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/blacklight-putty.jpg 861w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sure, \u201cblack\u201d would be a fair response, but the term \u201cblack light\u201d is an oxymoron because truly black light is impossible. Black light is actually from the slow lane of the spectrum\u2014long-wave ultraviolet (UV-A) light. It\u2019s the kind of light that makes your teeth and white t-shirt appear to glow, can reveal a counterfeit $50, and makes certain heavy metal posters obtainable from carnivals totally rad. But among the many amazing functions of black light, the most remarkable are found among insects and arachnids: certain scorpions fluoresce blue-green under black light, bees\u2019 sophisticated eyes allow them to see a wide color spectrum that includes ultraviolet, and butterflies perceive gender differences (invisible to humans) through ultraviolet light to help them find a date. But unfortunately for moths and other flying insects, black light is also used as a lure in electric \u201cbug zappers,\u201d so it could well be the last thing they see on a summer night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/black-light-putty?source=blog\" title=\"Black Light Putty\" target=\"_blank\">Black Light Putty, $15<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hint: Actual &#8220;black light&#8221; isn&#8217;t possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":32455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}