why are clouds white not blue if the colour of the sky is down to refelction from the sea?

Answer 1

The sky is blue due to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the gases in the earth's atmosphere.In this process the blue colour is scattered more.So, the sky is blue not because of reflection from the sea.It is the other way round.The sea is blue because of reflection from the sky.
A cloud's colour depends mainly on the cloud's relationship to the light of the sun.If the wavelengths of the sun's visible light,in the familiar red-to-violet spectrum,are not blocked,but scattered equally,the result is white light.So, if the sun is shining and the cloud is not covering the sun, the cloud in general is white.
If the colour of the cloud is something different, then it is due to the preferential scattering of wavelengths so that, that particular colour predominates.This preferential heating is caused by particles in the atmosphere and due to the angle of the path of the sun's rays through the atmosphere.

Answer 2

The sky is blue due to the light emitted by the gas molecules in the atmosphere. Nitrogen makes up 77% of the gases in the atmosphere, oxygen makes up 21%, argon makes up 1% and carbon dioxide and other gases make up the remaining 1% and all these molecules and the elements in the molecules emit different colors, and the angle at which the sun scatters the light gives the different colors, and during daylight, the sky appears blue due to those factors. The angle changes and the sky turns pink....
A cloud can be white, or dark grey... the white color is due to the white color water vapor emits when hit by the sun and the grey color is due to the heavy rain drops preparing to fall

reflection has absolultely nothing to do with the color of anything in the sky..

hope i helped!

Answer 3

First, the blue sky has nothing to do with the sea or reflection. And clouds are white because they are just the sun lighting up water vapor.

Answer 4

The underlying reason we see clouds (and snow) as white is because that is the color of the sunlight being reflected from them.

Clouds change their colors because not all the light is reflected, a portion of it is refracted or has penetrated and come out of the cloud. Also dust particles play a part in the cloud's color.

The reflection of the ground or sea also affect the appearance of clouds (this has been especially useful in polar navigation).

Answer 5

The sky is NOT blue as a reflection of the sea. The sky is blue because of our atmosphere.

Answer 6

You are silly - the sky isn't blue because it's reflecting the sea!!

Answer 7

the colour of the sky is due to scattering of light from the sun (also why sunsets are red as the shorter blue wavelenghths are scattered so we see more of the red).

Answer 8

it is what it is man