The humble mirror is nothing more than a greenish block of soda lime with a shiny back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are mirrors made of? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The mirror you have stuck to the front of that wardrobe is actually nothing more than a Soda-lime silica glass substrate with a silver backing. This soda-lime mixture is actually what gives it its true color, which is actually green, yes green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mirrors are not white<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Simple, white reflects all colors in all different directions, in a process known as a Diffuse Reflection, whereas mirrors reflect colors straight back in the direction its facing as a concentrated source, which is known as a Specular Reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The humble mirror is nothing more than a greenish block of soda lime with a shiny back. What are mirrors made of? The mirror you have stuck to the front of that wardrobe is actually nothing more than a Soda-lime silica glass substrate with a silver backing. This soda-lime mixture is actually what gives it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact"],"yoast_head":"\n