2006-09-09 15:42:42 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
In the bad old days, it was pure silver. Now, it's an alloy of tin/silver or some variation thereof (might be some nickle in it as well).
Unless the lights are out. Then it's black.
2006-09-09 15:45:32 · answer #1 · answered by fla_dan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A perfect mirror does actually reflect all light hitting it. So why doesn't it look white? It's because a mirror reflects light in a coherent manner; that is, the light is reflected back from the mirror depending on how the light came in. A white shirt just reflects light back everywhere in all directions. Even if red and blue light hit the shirt coming from the same direction, they may get scattered in different directions. A mirror, on the other hand, reflects the blue and red light in the same direction, and so the mirror actually builds an image of the source of the light.
So you can think of a mirror as being white, since it reflects all colors, but a smart kind of white. I guess you could say that a mirror is simply the color of whatever light source it sees!
2006-09-09 15:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mirror reflects nearly all the light that shines on it and absorbs none. What's more it reflects light along a specific path so that the angle of the incident light equals the angle of the reflected light. That's why a mirror shows whatever color that reaches its reflecting surface. Most objects do the opposite. A green bean, for example, reflects green light randomly in all directions and absorbs the rest of the light.
The color of a mirror, consequently, changes as the object in front of it, or the light shining upon it, changes. The mirror will appear black without any light striking the mirror. So, a mirror may be any color at all or no color, i.e., black.
2006-09-09 16:37:14 · answer #3 · answered by Lipstick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mirror reflects nearly all the light that shines on it and absorbs none. What's more it reflects light along a specific path so that the angle of the incident light equals the angle of the reflected light. That's why a mirror shows whatever color that reaches its reflecting surface. Most objects do the opposite. A green bean, for example, reflects green light randomly in all directions and absorbs the rest of the light.
2006-09-09 16:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by Jubei 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silver
2006-09-09 15:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
shot contained in the authentic i favor to assert something diverse then what any people say because if i say electric powered chair -i know its the solutions- then for particular i wont get proper answer yet when i say something else and be humorous about it i'd have more desirable of a risk of having the ten factors
2016-11-25 22:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by southern 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reflective?
2006-09-09 15:44:19 · answer #7 · answered by Nico 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No-Color. It just reflects the colors in the room.
2006-09-09 15:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Nick 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My favorite color Chrome
2006-09-09 15:44:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A mirror is made from clear glass with black behind it.
2006-09-09 15:44:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋