And from earlier this week....

[conuly]

We were sitting around playing I Spy. Evangeline, on her turn, went with "I spy something WHITE", which turned out to be a mirror.

Ana: NO! A mirror isn't white!
Evangeline: Yes it IS!
Ana: NO IT IS NOT!
Evangeline: YES IT IS TOO!
Ana: A mirror is ALL colors!
Evangeline: IT IS WHITE!
Both of them: TELL HER!
Me: Uh... hey, so, I'm going on a trip and I'm bringing an apple! Ana, you're next!

But this leaves me with the lingering, unanswered question...

What the heck kinda color IS a mirror, anyway?

Comments

[marveen.livejournal.com]

The kid's good, since true pure silver is indeed "white"--set it next to the steely color we think of as silver (alloys) and it will look yellowish by comparison.

I was amazed to learn this, since I grew up thinking silver was, well, grey metallic because you almost never see unalloyed silver.

[conuly]

Yeah, I mean, the silver crayon is gray.

But I'm not sure she's ever seen silver of any color. Just stainless steel, which of course we SAY is silver (the color) but which is not silver the metal.