A piece of red glass when heated in dark to red hot states will appear to be:
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From Kirchhoff's law at a definite temperature and for a given wavelength, the ratio of the
emissive power to the absorptive power for different surfaces is same
i.e.,, 
When red glass is heated in a dark room to a red hot state it will appear green, because according to Kirchhoff's Jaw the emissive power of red glass will be maximum for green light
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