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RE: What Colour is a Mirror?

in #challenge7 years ago

I quote "A mirror might look silver because it's usually depicted that way in books or movies. However, it's actually the color of whatever is reflected onto it. A perfect mirror has specular reflection, meaning it reflects all light in a single direction equal to what it receives."

Source: https://www.livescience.com/34427-what-color-is-a-mirror.html

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A perfect mirror has specular reflection, meaning it reflects all light in a single direction equal to what it receives.

Absolutely correct, and it is therefore the colour white, since we perceive something to be 100% white when all the frequencies are reflected and no frequency is absorbed by the material a perfect white light is signing on. The sun is a source that creates perfect white light.