Why is color a physical property?

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Answer 1

Because its only coloring the substance, not chemically changing it.

Answer 2

Depends on the class you're in... if it was philosophy, i'd say "Who said color was a physical property?"... but in all reality, it would have to do with the fact that you can physically see the color, which gives character to the physical property. Diving deeper, you could argue that the light waves reflected off something can only come from something that physically exists, thus the color is a physical property of the object... that leads into temperature, etc. Objects that are darker absorb more heat than lighter objects. I'm totally shooting in the dark here, but just giving you some possible avenues you can pursue to get to a respectable answer. In the end, it comes down to what the question is asking.... why is color a physical property as opposed to...? color not being a physical property? I would investigate the rules that define a physical property, and then find why color fits into those rules, or violates them. The question is loaded so the answer is that color is a physical property, my view is that color has something to do with the object and what comes to mind is what I have mentioned - i.e. light waves, properties that are unique to color or that color brings to an object (i.e. darker objects absorb more heat). You could also take the chameleon example and say that the color is a physical property that prevents it from being attacked by prey... same with that insect that looks like a twig... it's not shape as much as it is color in the case of the chameleon. All that aside, color can also alter the perception of something.. if you've seen art work that is symetrical, but painted in black and white, where one side looks assymetrical, you'd know what i mean.. that's why some claim that wearing black hides your weight... i dunno anyway, at the very least, hopefully my run on sentences and scattered unstructured thoughts have provided you with enough material to b.s. your way to an A

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Answer 3

Color is a physical property because it tells something about the physical object it describes. If restated, "one property of a physical object is a color." For example, a desk is brown and sky is blue. But number "4" and freedom do not have colors because they're abstract, not physical.

The statement is not absolutely true, but works in most cases. Some physical objects do not have colors.

Answer 4

Because color can only be visualized in relation to matter.

For instance, we see the sky as blue, but in fact we are seeing the color that light causes the atmosphere to reflect and refract.

At night, when the light of the sun is not directly passing through the atmosphere, the blue of the sky disappears and we can then see the light of stars that has traveled billions of miles.

Because that relatively weak, diffused light must still pass through the atmosphere, we see the stars "twinkle", something our own star (the sun) does not appear to do.

Also, planets in our solar system, which reflect the light of the sun at a lessor distance, appear to be a much more steady light than stars, not appearing to twinkle.

If we live near a city with bright lights, the atmosphere reflects light even at night, and thus we cannot see the stars clearly, while people in a remote area (on a clear night) may be able to see the Milky Way.

When you are in a place where light does not shine, you see black, which is not actually a color but rather an absence of light reflecting off of physical matter.

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Answer 6

yes'm maam, a chemical reaction has to do with the breaking and forming of molecular bonds, resulting in a change of MATTER. A physical property has to do with.... a substance that can be observed changing without turning into different matter. For example, tearing up paper is a physical property, because it gets smaller but is the same matter. Burning the paper is a chemical reaction because the paper is changed to a different matter; ash.

Answer 7

Color is a physical property because it is a characteristic that does not involve a change in the chemical identity of the matter. For example, the color of iron wire allows us to distinguish it from aluminum wire. If we melt them,(melting is another physical property) , we go from solid to liquid, but still have iron and aluminum, since no change in chemical identity has occurred.

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Answer 9

Color is a physical property because it is visible. Usually a physical property is something that is reversible (liquid to ice, then ice can go back to water.) A chemical property is something that is not reversible (mixing water with koolaid)

Answer 10

Elements vibrate at certain frequencies. This vibration cause light to refract which results in the element taking on a color. An example of this would sending a current through neon gas. We can also determine the gases on a planet in space based upon it's color.

Answer 11

Isn't a physical property something you can see, touch, taste or smell???? Since you can "see" color, it is a physical property.