What Color Is A Mirror?

Follow Michael Stevens:   / tweetsauce   LEARN MORE and, in order of appearence: Watch Molly dance!    • Ways To Wear It: American Flag [Creators I...   Javier:    / werevertumorro   Loka:    / lemondedeloka   Great web exhibit on the causes of color: http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofco... "color" vs "colour": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American... Study on mirror color: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?... Bad Astronomy on Mirror-color: http://www.badastronomy.com/mad/1996/... Great series of mirror tunnels: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefi... Origins of color terms: http://www.worldwidewords.org/article... Origin of "black": http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?t... xkcd's color survey: http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color... Tyndall Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndall_... More on scattering: http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~zawis... A CRAZY bird that uses interference on its feathers to look awesome:    • Birds of Paradise   Peacocks also use interference: http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofco... Fantastic Radio Lab about color terms: http://www.radiolab.org/2012/may/21/s... Straight Dope on the history of color terms: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/r... Mirror GIF: http://gifninja.com/animatedgifs/1046... my favorite color illusion: http://www.archimedes-lab.org/color_i... ***************   / tweetsauce   http://www.Facebook./com/VsauceGaming Vsauce Tshirts: http://www.districtlines.com/vsauce music by:   / jakechudnow