What do you think a quark looks like? They are smaller than photons (light particles) so you can't really "see" them. Do you think they would have some sort of color? What about their shape?
Use this site for ideas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarks
2006-08-05 18:48:12 · 8 answers · asked by Ammy 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is a misnomer to think that quarks look like something. Something that small would not reflect light, and therefore can not been seen (visually). Which of course means that it doesn't have color, either.
It's really hard to imagine, to conceptualize, something so small that it can't be seen! For me, I imagine light waves as big waves passing through space, and quarks as little dust specks so small that light goes right past them without any interaction.
What CAN be described about quarks is the shape of their wave function. See the link below for a discussion of that topic.
2006-08-12 18:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by dougdell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it should be spherical shape, and I don't think you can tell by the color.
The reason I said spherical is because everything is made from spherical even a dot or line.
About the color, due to the visible wavelength is between 400nm to 750nm
Those atom, quark are smaller than this frequency. So I would suggest it is colorless.
2006-08-05 18:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by Vector_The Positivism 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think color really applies. Color only exists when something is in contact with light. You would see the background color (black, or white, or whatever color the lab is), but the actual quark would have no color since it's too small for light to interact with.
2006-08-05 19:29:40 · answer #3 · answered by beethovens_sixth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a quark cannot be seen, quantum physics says that the more you know about a particles' location the less you know about it's velocity (and vise versa). also a quark cannot exist alone, they are almost always in 3's (to make up a proton or nutron) and rarely in pairs.
2006-08-05 19:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by John S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short, big ear lobes and mostly brown.
2006-08-08 14:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its like sphere within a sphere
2006-08-10 23:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not seen before..
2006-08-12 20:36:24 · answer #7 · answered by unspokenbird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have not seen it
2006-08-05 19:50:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋