• Question: why are clouds white?

    Asked by popz123 to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 18 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by meg123, ciaragrimesxox, josieb123, niamhcarr, issy13.
    • Photo: Will Reynolds

      Will Reynolds answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      Hi popz! Clouds are made up of condensed water droplets suspended in the air. Light travels slower through water then air and it is refracted (changes direction) when it comes out of the water droplets so we cant see straight through clounds. But they dont absorb any light so they look white which is what you see when you look at all the different colours together. Sometimes then can be grey or even black because there is so much water that it is stopping light getting through, and usually this means its about to rain!

    • Photo: Karen Reed

      Karen Reed answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      Hiya popz123, Will’s beaten me to it to answer this great question.

    • Photo: Sarah Martin

      Sarah Martin answered on 20 Jun 2012:

      Hi popz123! Great question! Already well answered. :)Sarah

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