What is the Color of a Mirror? | #aumsum

The color of an object depends on which color it reflects. If an object reflects blue, it appears blue. If it reflects all colors, it appears white.

Now, a mirror reflects almost all colors. So that means, its color should be white, just like snow. But it's not!!

Snow scatters light in all directions, making it appear white. But the mirror doesn't reflect light the same way. It reflects light at the same angle and direction from which it arrives. This is called specular reflection. Thus, it creates an image of whatever is in front of it.
Now, mirrors best reflect light at wavelengths between 495 and 570 nanometers. The wavelengths in this range appear green to us. We can observe this when two mirrors face each other. In this case, the same image is reflected back and forth, making green color prominent.

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