2007-01-09 14:41:49 · 11 answers · asked by ^_^ 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
not enough light to reflect the color.
2007-01-09 14:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mike's answer is correct. The "cones" in your eyes see colors. They require a lot more light to function than "rods" do. Rods are your night vision (and animals' as well). Rods are not sensitive to colors, though, so that's why everything is in black and white - because the part of your eye that sees color isn't getting enough light to work properly.
The moon reflects pretty much the same wavelengths (colors) of light that the sun puts out. It is grey, which means that it reflects all colors, but absorbs some of the intensity. It seems brighter under a full moon than it really is because your eyes adjust to the low light conditions to let in lots more light than they do in the day time, but it is very much darker at night, even under a full moon.
2007-01-09 14:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by ZeroByte 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visual color (the color we can see) is a reflection of certain parts of the full spectrum of light. Since the moon is only reflecting certain parts of the spectrum of light, it cuts down on the number of parts of the spectrum that we can see. For example, if the reflection of an object is in blue and yellow, then the only things that would be illuminated to a viewer are blue and yellow objects. Hope it helps some.
2007-01-09 14:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We see colors of objects because light reflects that color. Moonlight is the reflection of the sun's light. It does not produce the same wavelenghts of color that the sun or a light bulb does. Therefore, there is very little reflected color of the object that the moonlight is shining on.
2007-01-09 14:47:08 · answer #4 · answered by gold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Handphone - it is an object of convenience and I answer calls as and when I like to. That's why many friends were surprised that sometimes I left the phone ringing. I am not a slave to the phone, and I will not answer to all calls, as most are for soliciting of business from companies and institutions.
2016-05-23 01:50:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think because most of the spectrum is absorbed by the moon's surface befor it's reflected back to us here, leaving only mostly white light.
2007-01-09 14:47:52 · answer #6 · answered by Lamron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colour is a reflection of light - There is no lite in the moonlite - (not enough. What is going to show the colours or produce them?
2007-01-09 14:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there isn't enough light to power the rods and cones in the eye which lets us see color.
2007-01-09 14:46:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because our cones, which pick up color for us, lack sensitivity and do not fire in dim light while our rods, which pickup intensity of light continue to work.
2007-01-09 14:47:52 · answer #9 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because less light reflects off of them, so in dim light you can see the reflected light, but it looks dark because there is less light.
2007-01-09 14:46:40 · answer #10 · answered by flyingbirdyaws 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are all right, but, did you know red is the last color to fade to grey?
2007-01-09 14:47:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋