You know...like when there's drops of dew on the grass and it's all shiny and from different angles the drop will look different colors, but always shiny...why is that?
*I'm not really sure if this is a physics question or not, but it's still science...
2006-07-30 13:26:22 · 8 answers · asked by Mariah 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It's optics, a physics branch. The drops act like prisms, splitting white light into colors.
2006-07-30 13:30:55 · answer #1 · answered by helixburger 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When light shines through water, moisture, or a mist, it causes the light to refract, separating the light into the colors that make up "Light" (All the colors of the spectrum)
They are correct, this is why rainbows exist too...
2006-07-30 20:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by sandblast_dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not physics but there is an explanation
the dew has many pieces of dust and light refracts off the drop of dew
2006-07-30 20:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun, it has all of the colors in the light and different angles make different colors like a prisim
2006-07-30 20:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Dagblastit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water drops are transparent enough to reflect the colors of sunlight.
2006-07-30 20:38:54 · answer #5 · answered by SRIRANGAM G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun shines the light on the raindrops to give it that rainbow effect.
2006-07-30 20:31:24 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Loving*Steph♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soap and gasoline can do it. But what you are seeing is refraction of light. Same thing that makes a rainbow.
2006-07-30 20:29:33 · answer #7 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
different wavelengths of light are perceived by our eyes to be different colors. when light passes through liquids like water, the components of light can be broken out into their constiuent wavelengths, causing you to actually see different colors, instead of just "white" light.
2006-07-30 20:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by hanumistee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋