Protons, Electrons, Neutrons...ATOMS!?!?

Question

HElp and fast! What color are PRotons Neutrons and electrons in an atom?

Answer 1

You can make them any color you like in a model.

They have no color to our eyes because they are smaller than the visible light waves that we depend on to see. If they are smaller than the light waves then they cannot reflect the light for us to see their color.

Answer 2

Well, I am a chemist. Protons, electrons and neutrons are what makes up an atom, atoms make up molecules. They have no color themselves. EVERYTHING you see, the food you eat, you yourself, me, literally EVERYTHING is made up of atoms, which are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. The elctrons fly around the nucleus and in the nucleus is where the protons and neutrons are. Electrons are negatively charged, neutrons have no charge and protons have a positive charge. Now, when atoms form molecules, they form things that we see to our eyes. Light is what gives it its color. When light reaches the surface of wood for example, the way the molecules are formed and are bonded to each other you will see brown. All colors (of the light spectrom) are obsorbed by the wood and brown is bounced off the wood and our eyes pick up the brown color. Same with Carbon, Carbon is an element, so it is pure in true form, when you have 5 grams of carbon for example you see black, you see black because all colors of the light spectrum are being obsorbed, which is why they say don't were black in the summer, you heat up quicker, white is all colors, so when you see white, all colors are being reflected and you see white. The colors you see is what the molecules are bouncing off. Depending on how the atom is formed, will determine color. Gold is an element and a metal and is yellowish in color, carbon, is black, hydrogen is colorless, etc. Protons, neutrons and electrons have no real color, its how they form molecules and substances that determine what color we see. Hope this helps.

Wee Man.

Answer 3

they don't...they're too small to have color on their own

if you're referring to a drawing of an atom, the electrons orbit around the nucleus (the protons and neutrons are in the nucleus in the middle of the atom)

Answer 4

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Answer 5

none, its not possible to tell.

Answer 6

colors...???