white paper dark room
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Topic: white paper dark room
Posted By: oreomann33
Subject: white paper dark room
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:38pm
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OK today i was playing paintball with my friends and one of them decided to try and impress us by saying " Did you know if a piece of white paper is in a pitch black room the color changes to black" he said because of something about absorbing light and reflecting makes it black as long as theres no light. everyone dissagreed with him but does anyone know about this? ------------- 
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Posted By: :ShockeR_ratm:
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:40pm
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Color can only be seen with light. The way the object reflects the light gives it it's distinctive color ------------- 
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Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:40pm
| ambient light |
Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:41pm
| theres no way to tell...if theres no light its impossible to see it |
Posted By: boomstick
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:41pm
yeah. ------------- YONK~!~ |
:ShockeR_ratm: wrote:Posted By: Static-98
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:41pm
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if the room is Dark how can you see in the First place? ------------- 
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:42pm
| he just said that scientist know it does with out any evidence. |
Posted By: meteora
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:43pm
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No light=no color ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: †Sniper†
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:44pm
| i just tested it...i couldnt see the paper |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:46pm
| i have cds that glow in the dark |
Posted By: Squirrel Master
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:50pm
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Go and hide your friend, before the government gets to him. ------------- ROCK IS DEAD!!! Long Live Paper and Scissors |
Posted By: Static-98
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:50pm
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^ I got a night light that glows in the Dark. -------------
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Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 6:53pm
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With no light, there is no color.
I don't think you can really say something is black just because there is no color though... It just means it's really dark. ------------- 
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Posted By: Slothbutt
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 7:02pm
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yep it would be black... Colors are just reflections of light.. no light, no reflection, no color = black. ------------- http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/2688/3guns27ef.jpg - My Paintball Guns http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2711/arand9mmak9.jpg - New "Toys" |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 7:17pm
| Although the pigment in the paper that reflects the light still exists. So technically it's the same color, you just can't see it. |
Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 7:19pm
Lol! ------------- Something unknown is doing we don't know what. That is what our knowledge amounts to. - Sir Arthur Eddington |
Posted By: Static-98
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 7:19pm
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^ Exactly. -------------
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Posted By: Random_Person
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 7:21pm
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thats confuseing ------------- http://profile.xfire.com/kentuckyfriedgangsta"> 
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Posted By: TippmannBallerX
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 7:23pm
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i bet a flashlight would make it go white again. if im not mistakin ------------- You wanna dippisize your drink for only a quarter more? You want me to punchisize your face? For free. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 17 August 2004 at 7:33pm
| I feel dumber just reading this thread. |