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August 3, 2012 in Science & Technology

What Color Is A Mirror?

What Color Is A Mirror?

Follow Michael Stevens: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce LEARN MORE and, in order of appearence: Watch Molly dance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jljYAXLaus Javier: http://www.youtube.com/user/werevertumorro Loka: http://www.youtube.com/user/LeMondedeLoka Great web exhibit on the causes of color: http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/ “color” vs “colour”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our.2C_-or Study on mirror color: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA523782 Bad Astronomy on Mirror-color: http://www.badastronomy.com/mad/1996/mirror.html Great series of mirror tunnels: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/452440663/in/photostream/ Origins of color terms: http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/colour.htm Origin of “black”: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=black&allowed_in_frame=0 xkcd’s color survey: http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Tyndall Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndall_effect More on scattering: http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~zawischa/ITP/scattering.html A CRAZY bird that uses interference on its feathers to look awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1tEnfkk6M Peacocks also use interference: http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/15C.html Fantastic Radio Lab about color terms: http://www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/sky-isnt-blue/ Straight Dope on the history of color

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August 3, 2012 in Science & Technology

What Color Is A Mirror?

What Color Is A Mirror?

Follow Michael Stevens: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce LEARN MORE and, in order of appearence: Watch Molly dance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jljYAXLaus Javier: http://www.youtube.com/user/werevertumorro Loka: http://www.youtube.com/user/LeMondedeLoka Great web exhibit on the causes of color: http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/ “color” vs “colour”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our.2C_-or Study on mirror color: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA523782 Bad Astronomy on Mirror-color: http://www.badastronomy.com/mad/1996/mirror.html Great series of mirror tunnels: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/452440663/in/photostream/ Origins of color terms: http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/colour.htm Origin of “black”: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=black&allowed_in_frame=0 xkcd’s color survey: http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/ Tyndall Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndall_effect More on scattering: http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~zawischa/ITP/scattering.html A CRAZY bird that uses interference on its feathers to look awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1tEnfkk6M Peacocks also use interference: http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/15C.html Fantastic Radio Lab about color terms: http://www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/sky-isnt-blue/ Straight Dope on the history of color

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