2007-03-09 05:47:34 · 18 answers · asked by lashley 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
color is only a reflection of the light you viewing it in, so it would depend on the light source.
2007-03-09 06:11:38 · answer #1 · answered by askthepaintman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, we have to define a few things. (which I will make up because I'm too lazy to use a dictionary.)
Color = a particular wavelength of electromagnetic radiation usually considered to be between 420 and 700 nanometers in wavelength
Reflection = an occurrence when radiation incident on a surface bounces off, thus undergoing no transformation.
Now we have to consider what a mirror is. If we just say it is something that reflects EM radiation, then everything that exists would qualify as a mirror. However, if we limit a mirror to reflecting a particular wavelength of light (a particular color) then we could exclude a lot, but, for example if we chose green light, we would have to say that grass is a mirror because it perfectly reflects green light.
What we have to do in the case of your common household "mirror" is define it as reflecting all colors in the visible spectrum, but by doing so, your question (what color is a mirror?) becomes impossible to answer. The closest we could get is to say a mirror's color is the visible spectrum.
2007-03-09 06:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by wdmc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mirror isn't a colour (unless the glass it's made of is tinted), people say it is the colour it reflects but that isn't answering the question. It's like asking what colour the sea is, most say blue, but it's only blue because it's reflecting the blue of the sky. In this case I will say that both the mirror and the sea are transparent, therefore allowing colour and light to pass through them (unless you get deep in the sea where light can't penetrate).
2007-03-10 08:49:47 · answer #3 · answered by Lifeless Energy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most mirrors are backed with a green substance so you could say mirrors are green.
Mirrors reflect the surrounds ie the light that arrives from objects so a mirror could be any colour from reflecting a "pink elephant" or the white door of your bathroom or if your Joseph then the mirror is going to be you wonderful technicolour dream coat :P
2007-03-09 06:17:31 · answer #4 · answered by Oz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about transparent? Try breaking a mirror without cutting urself or getting in trouble. Look at the mirror broken pieces. They are transparent. Isn't that wonderful? The most interesting thing is that it can give you a reflection of whatever colour you wish.(Put the wished colour in front of the mirror).
2007-03-17 06:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by lola 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mirrors are usually backed with a combination of tin and silver. Over that is a protective coating of copper, and then one or more coats of paint (which can be green or any other color) to protect the metal coating. So the reflective material is a silver color normally.
2007-03-09 08:05:11 · answer #6 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well id have to say it has no neutral colour of its own. the suns light is white and we get colours from things as when light hits it the colour of the objects is reflected an dall other light is absorbed so judging by this, that is a mirroe can reflect all colours the colour is clear, there isnt one.
2007-03-16 07:01:01 · answer #7 · answered by wierd and wounderful world of me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they reflect all colors, ordinary mirrors are white. For comparison, there are gold mirrors, very useful in the infrared, but they are distinctly yellow.
2007-03-09 07:08:54 · answer #8 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White.
2007-03-13 22:40:48 · answer #9 · answered by superrubrollers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i admire a solid clean heady scent. clean out of the bathe heady scent. not something perfumy or over the precise. As for the colour? It relies upon on the floor tone. yet I do like yellow. vivid yellow interior the afternoon sunlight....(nevermind)
2016-12-18 09:22:25 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋