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Re:Relativity gives gold its color by mhb on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @11:47AM (#1247586)
What would the color of gold be if there was no relativistic effect?
Re:Relativity gives gold its color by quantumhobbit on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @12:07PM (#1247635)
Silver. The article explains that without the effects of relativity the electron transition that absorbs blue light(leaving a combination of colors that appear golden) would instead absorb ultra-violet light. With no visible colors absorbed, it would reflect all colors the same like silver.