What colour is a mirror?

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Mum, what colour is a mirror?

Question by 7 year old.

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Silver

Silver

I'm not quite sure what your AIBU is but they're white with a hint of green

Silvery??

what’s your AIBU question?

Well mine are silver. What’s your aibu?

Green.

Silver.

Green. Mirrors are green.

Brilliant question. I'd say silver.

I had one from my DD when she was about 10: "Mummy, why do people tattoo their eyeballs black?" Not sure where she'd seen someone with black eyeballs but that was an interesting conversation. 😊

All mirrors aren't the same, they can be, silver, green, grey, then shades of black, orange etc.

Sounds as though they are a bit confused by mirrors explain to them, that usually it's glass over a reflective (shiny) surface, or highly polished metal. Seven year old should be able to understand.

Your 7 year old should be able to understand a basic explanation of how colour isn't actually the item as such, but rather the light it reflects. You can use this to discuss what colour a mirror is.

Good opportunity for a little licence lesson!

science, not licence. Weird autocorrect.

They don't have a colour, it reflects (basically) all light. Saying silver isn't quite right

My aibu is aibu not to be able to answer this with confidence?

Silver, literally, as in the metal. Been a LONG time since I did my chemistry a-level, but it's something like silver nitrate and ammonia in a reaction, and the resulting silver ions put a really thin coating of silver on the glass, creating a mirror.

If I hadn't been taught that, I wouldn't really have known what to say either, as mirrors reflect whatever colour is there. So no, yanbu.

Clear but looks silver due to backing

Well according to Google, mirrors are white with a tinge of green! White reflects all colours!

That's nothing to be ashmed of. I get asked loads of questions I don't know (or can't remember the answer to). "what colour do you think it is" is a good starting point. So is "I am not sure I know, should we look it up/ ask Alexa". It's a good lesson to show your kids that most people don't have the asnwer to everything but there's almost always a way of finding it!

They used to be silver but they are now aluminium (well most are) but I think you could describe the colour as silver - off topic vampires would be able to see their reflection in a modern (aluminium) mirror :)

A mirror isn't silver - silver is just also a reflective substance. Unlike gold for instance, silver reflects light without really changing the colour profile.

As per a previous post this is a teachable moment to talk about light and reflection

It's Werewolves and other lycanthropes that have to adopt a Silver Free (SF) diet and lifestyle. I'd imagine that vegetarian Vampires would be reluctant to try cauliflower or broccoli, though - what them being cruciferous and all...