Everything in the room, including you and a candle are the same shade of black. The flame would be the only non-black thing in the room.
2007-03-02 08:33:01 · 4 answers · asked by Karen 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes, you could see a shadow. A shadow is simply the contrast of light and no light. Suppose there is no light entering the room, so the candle is the only source of light. Stand with you back to your candle and the light will creep around you, and hit the walls, projecting a shadow in the shape of your body. However, if the walls are true-black, then the light will not be reflected and you will see no shadow. True-black is not a possible color of an object, because all objects yet made reflect at least some light, so there will always be some shadow.
2007-03-02 08:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by db81092 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No....You wont see any shadow....provided the ideal condition of everything being a black body except the flame....neither the umbra or penumbra regions can be see on the black floor/walls...Black will absorb all light without reflecting...so no image formation in your eyes...
2007-03-02 17:23:55 · answer #2 · answered by fire_kops 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but it would be very hard, the intensity of the light from the candle would vary at different distances so it would slightly change the color of the black (from reflecting a small amount oflight) compared to your shadow, but in reality if the black was a very absorbant sort of coating it would pretty much be impossible to tell since almost no light would be reflected.
2007-03-02 16:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by billybob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably because the light from the candle would bounce off the wall and it would look different from if there were no light at all (in your shadow)
2007-03-02 16:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by MLBfreek35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋