It's been annoying me for ages!!! lol
2007-07-28 03:07:17 · 23 answers · asked by Bruza 17/uk 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Glass is made of sand......a mirror has a silver reflective coating mostly on a black surface. Hope this helps!
2007-07-28 03:11:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A conventional aluminum-coated mirror has no color - it reflects all visible light almost equally. There are mirrors that use other coatings that do give them a color, for example, a gold-coated mirror is yellowish. These are the types of mirrors used in infrared applications (lasers, etc) as gold reflects infrared better than aluminum or silver.
(No, shaun, it's not a silver emulsion, you're thinking of photo film. Silver used to be used as the reflective surface for a mirror, it's been replaced by aluminum.)
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2007-07-28 10:14:35 · answer #2 · answered by Gary H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can see a mirror only if some thing is reflected, and the color of the mirror will be of that "something"
2007-08-01 06:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Joymash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. - THE COLOUR OF SILVER IS OBVIOUSLY SHINY GREY BECAUSE, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH A SHEET OF SILVER METAL, THEN YOU CAN SEE A FAINT SHADOW OF YOUR REFLECTION.
2. - NOW THE COLOUR OF THE (THIN SILVER FLAT METAL) THAT IS PLACED ON ANY FLAT SURFACE, IS COLOURED GREYISH-GREEN.
THEREFORE: THE MORE FLATTER AND POLISHED THE SURFACE OF THE SILVER SHEET METAL IS, THE CLEARER THE REFLECTION. SO IF YOU POLISH FOR EXAMPLE A CAR OR A CD-ROM, THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE YOURSELF CLEARER.
3. - SUPPOSE IT IS NIGHT OUTSIDE AND YOU ARE SITTING INSIDE A LIT ROOM. IF YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF THROUGH THE WINDOW AS YOU WOULD THROUGH A MIRROR, YOU CAN EASILY VISION YOUR REFLECTION THROUGH THE GLASS. YET GLASS IS TRANSPARENT.
2007-07-28 17:19:40 · answer #4 · answered by Hitesh_M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mirrors are 'silvered' to make the reflection so must be silver.
2007-07-28 11:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by Sandee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reflective objects are often referred to as being silver. Silver is not a true color, though, since it has no spectral bias. It reflects whatever color that is incident on it.
2007-07-28 11:21:22 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The basic cause of colur is reflection by pigments, as you know. As mirror has no pigments it has no colour.
2007-07-28 10:16:54 · answer #7 · answered by Ajay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for all the idiots here, its not silver! it is simply glass with a reflective silver emulsion painted on te back surface. hence why you look at the cross section it is see trough!
2007-07-28 10:12:33 · answer #8 · answered by shaun g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is glass with reflective silver behind it, which could also make it any color you want.
2007-07-28 10:20:35 · answer #9 · answered by Colin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahaha, that's a frigin weird question (in a good way) i suppose the technical answer is silver but the funny answer is whatever it reflects!!!
have a star!
2007-07-28 10:16:26 · answer #10 · answered by mythbusters 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋