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12/9/2013 3:31:54 AM
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How do mirrors work?
If a mirror reflects every color perfectly how can we tell its silver?
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Edited by Winy: 12/21/2013 12:50:56 AMMirror's aren't silver. Ignoring the whole "They're slightly green" thing that is the result of our imperfect mirrors, a theoretically perfect mirror is whatever color it reflects. Vsauce has an entire video on this question.
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Aren't they just really big cameras?
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Mirrors aren't silver, they're slightly green. If you get a couple mirrors to infinitely reflect each other it just looks like a huge green hallway.
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They reflect every colour perfectly except green (unless you have a perfect mirror but you probably don't).
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Go ask Wikipedia.
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11 RepliesThey're not silver, in fact mirrors are actually very slightly green.
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It's sprayed silver to reflect light
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1 ReplySilver perceived as the color because artists, rather than take the time to make a realistic mirror, like to paint a light gray blob with some white ripples on it. Or because some mirrors are polished metal.
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1 ReplyWe don't have a material that can perfectly reflect light.
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2 RepliesIf something reflected light perfectly then in theory it would become invisible...
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[quote]If a mirror reflects every color perfectly how can we tell its silver?[/quote] 'Cus they don't.
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They don't.
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Magnets.
