The only light to reach very far beneath the surface of the ocean is greenish blue...?

Question

The only light to reach very far beneath the surface of the ocean is greenish blue. Objects at these depth either reflect greenish blue or reflect no color at all. If a ship that is painted red, green, and white sinks to the bottom of the ocean, how will these colors appear?

Answer 1

Red is essentially invisible at the depths of the ocean. Green has a chance of being visible, but is in on the border. White will still reflect the blueish range of light.


Note: This is assuming we are at a depth where the last bits of light are penetrating (blue wavelengths only).

Answer 2

A ship, red, green and white at the bottom of the sea cannot be seen, because there is no light.
But if there is full sprectrum artificial light, it will look , red, green, and white in the appropriate places,
but if the artificial light is not full spectrum, the green might not look green, the red might not look red, and the white would look at least light, if not actually white. it just depends on wavelengths emitted by the light.

Answer 3

I think it depends on how far down. There is certain depth past which no light get's any farther down. I don't think light reaches very far down because if you have ever seen footage of submersibles cruising deep, there is no light besides the lights they have.