what is the color of the mirror? ive been thinking about that lately, i mean dont consider the color behind of the mirror, what is it?
2006-08-13 00:42:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A mirror is a mirror of whatever it is mirroring.
2006-08-13 00:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by Gone 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What color is a still pool of water? What color is the glass of a darkend house? What color is a droplet of mercury? What color is aluminum foil?
Since you're in "Wordplay" perhaps you're looking for a more philosophical response than a technical tour de force.
A mirror is a surface with a high albedo, that is it reflects most of the light which strikes it. We usually say an object is a color because it reflects light of a wavelength or a group of wavelengths that fall on it. Think about different lighting, by the moon for example....
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colors from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?
We see color depending on how excited one of three types of recpetors in our eyes is, and then what the brain makes of these excitation levels. The color of something is the ratio of excitation of these receptors and then the brain making sense of it.
All the light we see might be reflected (what we call a mirror). Other creature may look at something we see as mirrors and see something that reflects light in a way we might see as a tint.
2006-08-13 08:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by Wicked Mickey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mirror is clear glass with silver painted on the back for reflection.
2006-08-13 07:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by lyndell v 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mirror is the color of whatever it is reflecting at that particular moment.
2006-08-13 10:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by Verb8mgirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure? I think it's a silver color who know for sure, I wonder if there really is a way to find out? anyhoo,I hope you get the answer you're looking for .
Have A Blessed Life and read your Bible everyday
2006-08-14 00:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mirror has the color of what it reflects! It can't reflect anything it must reflect something!
2006-08-16 10:58:10 · answer #6 · answered by thetigerdan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
without the back it is tranparent. The back causes it to reflect things, but without the back it is just a plain glass
2006-08-17 05:09:43 · answer #7 · answered by tombraider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would have to say silver.....i just watched a show the other day on discovery about that....i should have paid attention to it
2006-08-13 07:46:22 · answer #8 · answered by Bobbi N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
silver
2006-08-13 13:31:20 · answer #9 · answered by N!cky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's the color of the quicksilver
2006-08-13 07:45:15 · answer #10 · answered by bakbiter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋