Why snow appears in white?

India
December 13, 2006 5:19am CST
Why snow appears in white colour instead of other colours? Any reason scientifically or othrwise?
2 responses
@dholey (1383)
• India
13 Dec 06
SNOW REELECTS ALL THE COLOUR SO IT APPEAR WHITE ..
@matt608 (843)
13 Dec 06
Thats a good question, its really interesting actually, I wish i knew!! Im gona guess that it is colourless, but because of the crystals it traps white light from the sun, and some is refleced...or something like that anyway!!