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Visible Spectrum Algebra Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/10/2015
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a puzzle cache and is not at the posted coordinates


No need to get wet to find this cache unless you seek it in the rain.

Final location is within two miles of posted false coordinates.


The color of the objects that we see is largely due to the way those objects interact with light and ultimately reflect or transmit it to our eyes. The color of an object is not actually within the object itself. Rather, the color is in the light that shines upon it and is ultimately reflected or transmitted to our eyes. We know that the visible light spectrum consists of a range of frequencies, each of which corresponds to a specific color. When visible light strikes an object and a specific frequency becomes absorbed, that frequency of light will never make it to our eyes. Any visible light that strikes the object and becomes reflected or transmitted to our eyes will contribute to the color appearance of that object. So the color is not in the object itself, but in the light that strikes the object and ultimately reaches our eye. The only role that the object plays is that it might contain atoms capable of selectively absorbing one or more frequencies of the visible light that shine upon it. So if an object absorbs all of the frequencies of visible light except for the frequency associated with green light, then the object will appear green in the presence of ROYGBIV. And if an object absorbs all of the frequencies of visible light except for the frequency associated with blue light, then the object will appear blue in the presence of ROYGBIV.


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You have to figure out the type of object used and what number each color object represents. Then either add or subtract those numbers and put that number in place of the letter. If you solve it please don't give away any hints. Any hint I can think of would be an easy give away.

Now to the puzzle:

N 34 AB.CDE W 086 FG.HIJ

A = Purple - Yellow
B = Purple + Orange
C = Orange - Blue
D = Green + Yellow
E = Green + Blue

 

F = Black - Orange
G = Maroon - Red
H = Blue - Yellow
I = Red + Purple
J = Orange - Yellow

 

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)