What makes soap bubbles so colorful? Nodes, longitudinal waves, intereference of light? standing waves?
2006-12-03 12:51:16 · 3 answers · asked by rykster22 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
interference of light
same for oil slicks or really thin plastic
50 nanometers = gold
150 nanometers = purple
2006-12-03 12:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would be very surprised at what light actually looks like. Light is basically a whole bunch of differents colrs and when we look with the naked eye all the colors make what we see of a white or yellowish light but if u could break up the different colors which there is a way to do this u would see rainbow like colors the bubble is just reflecting tiny amounts of light thus the diff colors
2006-12-03 12:57:17 · answer #2 · answered by Richard C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It bends light like a prism, I suspect.
2006-12-03 12:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋