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The moon is made mostly of nickel. If have a nickel on you, look at it. What color is it? Gray. When the sun shines on the moon, the nickel color gets brighter.

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Colour of the Soil of Moon?

The soil on the Moon appears grey in color due to its high content of iron oxide and other minerals. This gives the lunar surface its characteristic dusty and rocky appearance.


Why is a eclipsed moon reddish?

the moon is in front of the sun and the suns rays go thorough the moon to make a orangeish reddihs color. During a lunar eclipse, the earth moves between the sun and the moon. Light from the sun passes through the earth's atmosphere and is partially deflected to the moon. The deflected light gives the moon a reddish tint. The light from the sun certainly does not pass THROUGH the moon.


What is the color of moon dust?

Moon dust is typically gray in color due to its composition of various minerals and rock fragments. The dust gets its color from the surface materials of the Moon, such as basaltic rock and regolith.


What do you mix to make the color of the moon?

Depending on the lighting and luminescence of this celestial body the moon can look creamy ivory or silvery white with a ultramarine blue undertone, a soft, whitish yellow with a luscious orange cream for the main coloring makes an easy companion to blend with the lavander-blue hue that sits on the edge of the moon's shadow side. But the moon doesn't always look like a sliver plate in the sky, sometimes the moon can look bloody red during a lunar eclipse, the moon can be any color really if you go out on a limb. Try any color family, and it will work.


What color describes the second full moon in a month?

Many have misinterpreted the definition of the blue moon to mean the second full moon. A blue moon refers to the third full moon.

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Why does the moon look gray?

The moon appears gray primarily due to the composition of its surface, which is covered in a mix of fine dust and rocky debris known as regolith. This material reflects sunlight in a way that gives the moon its grayish color. Additionally, the lack of atmosphere on the moon means there are no scattering effects, allowing the natural color of the surface to remain visible.


What color can you see through the moon when its eclipse in Egypt?

The color will then be in red.Therefore,the moon has a name called "Red Moon".


How come the moon is white?

The moon isn't actually white. It is gray. I figured that out using my noggin and because I am a smart fourth grader who is 9. But, the moon might change it's gray color to a different color in 10,000 years.The moon is not white it is gray the reason it looks white is because the sun is reflecting its rays off the moon which bounces off and gives us the silvery moonlight at night.


Why is silver the main color to Artemis?

Artemis is associated with the moon and silver is the color of the moon.


Colour of the Soil of Moon?

The soil on the Moon appears grey in color due to its high content of iron oxide and other minerals. This gives the lunar surface its characteristic dusty and rocky appearance.


What color is the sea on the moon?

The seas on the moon are not like earth's seas. They do not contain water and are the same grey color as the rest of the moon.


Why is the moon yellow in color or when is it in yellow color?

Because the sun reflects off of the surface of the moon which makes the yellow color. Since the moon is constantly revolving and rotating there are phases.


Why is the moon gray?

the moon is gray because the color of the moon sand is gray.


Why does the moon get big and has a yellow color sometimes?

coz its a moon


What muscle gives the eye its color?

The iris gives the eye it's color. It is not a muscle.


Why is the light reflecting from moon white?

It is because light has no color and it simply takes the white color from the moon when it is reflected on it.


What's the color of the moon in the night sky?

The color of the moon in the night sky appears as a pale gray or white.