2007-12-13 08:59:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It does. Your eyes are not sensitive enough in low
light to distinguish color.
There are two types of light receptors in your eyes.
Rods sense light, and are more sensitive, but do not
distinguish color and used at night.
Cones sense color, and are less sensitive, and are
used in brighter light.
('Used` here means that the signals are given priority
by the optical cortex of the brain.)
2007-12-13 09:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by Irv S 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The moon is reflecting off the light of the sun, so the sun has only a little color, but the moon doesn't pick that up.
2007-12-13 12:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by skgymnast28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the moon was made of green cheese it would be green.
If the was made of iron oxide it would be red.
The sun bathes it with white light which is reflected intact.
2007-12-13 11:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Moonlight' is the light from the sun hitting the moon. The moon is mostly a white/grey colour and that what we see.
2007-12-13 09:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by Tony W 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight.
Red is gray and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?"
-Moody Blues
2007-12-13 09:04:35 · answer #5 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe cause it's only a reflection....idk!?!
2007-12-13 09:07:32 · answer #6 · answered by Bebo C 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋