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well no as it bounces

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The only objects that you can see without reflecting light, are from light sources themselves: the incandescent wire of a light-bulb; or the sun for example.

Any chemical reaction that generates light will be observable - but bear in mind that the only unreflected light you'll see is the light coming straight out from the source into your eye.

Basically, pretty much everything you see is reflected light.

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Everything reflects light that's why you can see things.

answ2. Indeed rather a clever use of this property of reflection, is made use of when comparing pieces of glass, as for example at a crime scene.

Roughly, the piece of glass is immersed in a series of liquids which have a graded range of refractive indexes, and when the glass is the same refractive index as the fluid - it seems to disappear!

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In a COMPLETE absence of light, no. To see the reflective material, light waves need to bounce off the object and travel back towards your eyes so you can see it. There aren't any waves to bounce off it, because there are no light waves present. If there are no light waves present, then therefore you can't see the reflective material. Keep in mind, though, that this would need to be in a complete absence of light, and this kind of a hassle to test. Unless you're in some dark room in a house at night without any light present nearby (just an example, I'm sure you could find many examples), you can see some reflection. If you're outside at night, you can see it depending on the stage of the moon (size; bigger size=more light in most cases, exception being lunar eclipses and cloud cover) and also based on light levels present nearby.

You can't see anything without light. If the object or material doesn't

generate its own light, then you can't see it until some source of light

shines on it. Reflective material reflects light. If no

source of light shines on it, it has nothing to reflect.

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Reflective materials don't reflect without light.

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Color is light.

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The Moon

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