related to optics , interference
2006-08-01 07:39:53 · 9 answers · asked by voldemortandhogwarts 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The lights are called "Phosphenes"
2006-08-01 07:50:18 · answer #1 · answered by still 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You see red because the light is going through your eyelids which are tinted red from blood. Just like when you put a flashlight in you mouth your cheeks glow redish.
2006-08-01 14:45:25 · answer #2 · answered by milained 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought it was just the light passing through the blood vessels in the eyelids. I suppose it could also be the reflection of the vessels inside the eye.
2006-08-01 14:50:38 · answer #3 · answered by MornGloryHM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flesh transmits red wavelengths better than other colors. Your eyelid acts as a color filter, and only red colors get through so that's what you see.
2006-08-01 21:39:20 · answer #4 · answered by genericman1998 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're seeing the light coming through your eyelids. Like when someone puts a flashlight in their mouth and turns it on and you can see through their cheeks.
2006-08-01 14:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by effin drunk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its the color of ur eyelids
2006-08-01 14:44:03 · answer #6 · answered by scary bear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are seeing the blood flowing in your eyes
2006-08-01 14:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by Cookie48 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can it be blood when it is blue until it exits the body?
2006-08-01 14:44:56 · answer #8 · answered by Christina P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe ur looking in to light
2006-08-01 14:44:24 · answer #9 · answered by luvnoasis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋