ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! *sigh* You use your sense of sight to determine an object's ability to reflect light because- pay close attention now-
1. You cannot smell light
2. You cannot feel light (though you can feel heat)
3. You cannot hear light
4. And, finally, you cannot taste light.
Hope this helps. ☺
The answer is sight
Well, light is detected by one of the photoreceptors in your eyes, specifically "rods". Photoreceptors are the receptors used for sight. So, the sense of sight can be used to determine an object's ability to reflect light.
No, everything that we can see (besides objects the produce light eg sun, light bulb) reflect light. If it didn't reflect light we would not be able to see it.
Well that is sort of the definition of "shiny" and "light"... The outer electrons in theses materials have the ability to send incoming photons back out.
Reflectivity, index of refraction and optical density are all ways to measure reflective light.
Dark objects do not reflect light. Light is absorbed by them.
The eye
Well, light is detected by one of the photoreceptors in your eyes, specifically "rods". Photoreceptors are the receptors used for sight. So, the sense of sight can be used to determine an object's ability to reflect light.
No, everything that we can see (besides objects the produce light eg sun, light bulb) reflect light. If it didn't reflect light we would not be able to see it.
Yes. There is hardly anything that reflects NO light; dark objects simply reflect less light than light objects.
Well that is sort of the definition of "shiny" and "light"... The outer electrons in theses materials have the ability to send incoming photons back out.
Reflectivity, index of refraction and optical density are all ways to measure reflective light.
Dark objects do not reflect light. Light is absorbed by them.
reflection
grey
You cannot see your reflection in all objects that reflect light because of diffuse reflection.
You cannot see your reflection in all objects that reflect light because of diffuse reflection.
All objects reflect the color of light that you see. Thus; lemons reflect yellow light rays, limes reflect green ones, and Oranges reflect orange light rays. On a final note, white objects reflect all colored light waves, and black objects reflect none. With that said, the cones in your retina register these reflected light rays; thus, it makes sense that rooms without any light are black.