Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use, the bubbles are always

@racheld (840)
United States
February 22, 2007 1:25pm CST
white? I recently used watermelon scented bubble bath that was green in the bottle, yet when I drew my bath, the bubbles were white?? Can anyone explain this to me????
1 person likes this
2 responses
• Australia
22 Feb 07
well i am not certain of the answer but as far as my knowledge permits me i think this could be the answer. bubbles have a very thin membrane and hence the amount of light that they cannot disperse enough part of the spectrum of the light to give it one particular colour. what i mean by this is that like the sky appears red during sun set, it is because the sky disperses ( spreads ) the other colours in a white light soo much that their intensity becomes too less to see them and only red colour can be seen as it has the largest wavelenght. in the same way a bubble has a very very thin membrane which cannot remove or say disperse the various colours from the light and hence we see plain white light. i dont know how far you understand this or how far have i helped but do let me know ;)
• Australia
22 Feb 07
sorry let me revise that .. it is not the amount of light that they cannot disperse enough... it is hence they cannot disperse enough part of the spectrum of light .. i beg ur pardon ..
@racheld (840)
• United States
22 Feb 07
I have to say, I honestly didn't expect there to by an answer to that. Although I had to re-read your response a few times, I'm pretty sure I get the idea of what you are saying!
@aretha (2538)
• United States
22 Feb 07
lol. i can not answer that but about a week ago my 6 yr old asked me the same thing so i find it very funny to find this discussion here on mylot.