2006-09-30 16:38:00 · 6 answers · asked by student 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Diffusion of light. Blue is diffused more than the other colors.
* Blue wavelengths are absorbed the least by the deep ocean water and are scattered and reflected back to the observer’s eye
* Particles in the water may help to reflect blue light
* The ocean reflects the blue sky
2006-09-30 16:39:58 · answer #1 · answered by TLWOLFf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The open sea, the water, looks like the color blue because the ocean reflects the color of the sky, which is blue. The sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter the blue light in the color spectrum more then the red light.
2006-10-01 00:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because the blue colour is only reflected,and all the other colours are absorbed,it is like why the rose looks red..And sometimes the oceans seems green,blue or other colours due to presense of algae.
2006-10-01 04:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is reflecting the color of the sky. Under an overcast the ocean looks gray.
2006-09-30 23:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the way the water refracts light
2006-09-30 23:39:56 · answer #5 · answered by Sanmigsean 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scattering of light.
2006-10-01 00:56:59 · answer #6 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋