What Color Is A Mirror?

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Watch Molly dance! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jljYAXLaus

Javier: www.youtube.com/user/werevertumorro

Loka: www.youtube.com/user/LeMondedeLoka

Great web exhibit on the causes of color: www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/

"color" vs "colour": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-our.2C_-or

Study on mirror color: www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA523782

Bad Astronomy on Mirror-color: www.badastronomy.com/mad/1996/mirror.html

Great series of mirror tunnels: www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/452440663/in/photostream/

Origins of color terms: www.worldwidewords.org/articles/colour.htm

Origin of "black": www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=black&allowed_in_frame=0

xkcd's color survey: blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/

Tyndall Effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndall_effect

More on scattering: www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~zawischa/ITP/scattering.html

A CRAZY bird that uses interference on its feathers to look awesome: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1tEnfkk6M

Peacocks also use interference: www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/15C.html

Fantastic Radio Lab about color terms: www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/sky-isnt-blue/

Straight Dope on the history of color terms: www.straightdope.com/columns/read/449/could-early-man-only-see-three-colors

Mirror GIF: gifninja.com/animatedgifs/104659/where-is-everybody.gif

my favorite color illusion: www.archimedes-lab.org/color_illusory_motion.html

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