2006-12-11 15:02:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
White/Grey
2006-12-11 15:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by Aizawa Minto 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You omitted the article, so you mean not the satellite of Earth but the dirt that is there. For the most part, moon is gray, giving the Moon a low albedo, or reflectivity; by contrast, earth usually is some brown color. Check it out by Googling for "moon rocks", the samples of moon and moon rocks that the astronauts brought to the Earth. It is also dustier, but not enough for the astronauts to fall into, as was feared at one time.
2006-12-12 00:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by alnitaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I always thought it was a gray or white/creamy color until I moved to North. Quite a few times I saw the moon in different colors and change the higher up it got. It started out a dark bloody looking red and as it gradually got higher up it became lighter colors like a fire engine red, dark to light orange colors, to the yellows, then white at its peak in the night sky.
2006-12-11 23:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by Kindall Brooks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Another quirk of the visual system causes us to see the Moon as almost pure white, when in fact it reflects only about 7% of the light falling on it (about as dark as a lump of coal). It has a very low albedo. Color constancy in the visual system recalibrates the relations between colors of an object and its surroundings; however, there is nothing next to the Moon to reflect the light falling on the Moon, therefore it is perceived as the brightest object visible. We have no standard to compare it to. An example of this is that, if you used a narrow beam of light to illuminate a lump of coal in a dark room, it would look white. If you then broadened the beam of the light source to illuminate the surroundings, it would revert to black."
2006-12-11 23:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by grotereber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The surface of the moon usually appears grey. It appears blue when there some change in the atmosphere.
2006-12-12 17:05:19 · answer #5 · answered by abcd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is mostly white and gray, due to Plagioclase feldspar, which contains Calcium, Aluminum, Silicon, and Oxygen in the solid. However, there is also maroon, green, and black colored deposits.
The maroon and some black is due to Pyroxene.
The green is due to Olivine.
Other black, is due to Ilmenite.
Of course, we also see darker areas due to shadowing of the craters on the moon.
For images of the moon, visit: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/moon/moon_il.html
2006-12-11 23:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by Penguin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon is an ashey-grey in colour. Any other colour you see, for example, red, yellow, orange or white is from the sun's light.
Pepper.
2006-12-11 23:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by Swan Song 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grey
2006-12-11 23:03:17 · answer #8 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the color of the moon is greyish with some spots of black. (not yellow)
2006-12-11 23:03:55 · answer #9 · answered by The "Dony" 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grey, kind of dead looking material that is consistent throughout the entire planet.
2006-12-11 23:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Rabeka♦ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋