We explain the physics behind why mirrors don’t have a single true color and how reflection works.

I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror. I shower and do my hair and makeup in front of a vanity mirror, then get dressed with the help of my full-length mirror. I have three mirrors in my ...

In a hall of mirrors, you can see yourself stretched, squashed and multiplied thanks to the reflective physics of mirrors. One mirror reflects onto another, which reflects onto another, and so on. It ...

Mirror color is analyzed through physics of reflection, absorption, and how surfaces interact with visible light.