ok, i know this is basically physics, but is coldness just the absense of heat like darkness is the absense of light?

Question: ok, i know this is basically physics, but is coldness just the absense of heat like darkness is the absense of light? also, is there any molecules that produce light without the addition of heat.
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Asked by Thomas,Dingle to Anaïs, Peter, Shreesha on 19 Mar 2015.
- Peter Maskell answered on 19 Mar 2015:
  
  yes its just the absence of heat.
- Anaïs Pujol answered on 19 Mar 2015:
  
  yes because according to physic laws, any object or person produce or transfer energy. The heat is produce by an object/matter which transfer the energy. Cold doesn’t exist we created this word to be able to explain the sensation of it when we have no heat.

Thomas,Dingle commented on 23 Mar 2015:

thank you for answering

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Question: ok, i know this is basically physics, but is coldness just the absense of heat like darkness is the absense of light? also, is there any molecules that produce light without the addition of heat.