Why do we see more colors in soap bubbles than paint?
Bubble's Color Trick
Why do we see more colors in soap bubbles than paint?
You've probably noticed something strange. Mix all your paints together and you get brown. But a soap bubble, which is just soapy water and air, flashes pink and gold and electric blue — colors you didn't put there. Where do those extra colors come from?
Here's the secret: paint colors come from pigments — tiny particles that absorb some colors of light and bounce others back to your eyes. Blue paint absorbs red and yellow, so only blue bounces back. Mix all the pigments together and they absorb almost everything. That's why you get brown.
