This picture demonstrates how light can be reflected off of objects. Light is reflected off of all objects, my black jeans reflect no light, a red bouncy ball reflects red light, etc.
This mirror is incompatible with the beams of the car's headlight. So instead of absorbing the light it reflects all the light (white light).
However, the mirror works as an agent to help move the light and redirect it to hit other objects. Such as my hand and face.
If you ask the question, "If a red car is sitting in a room with no light, is it still red?" No. Because there is no light to reflect off of the car to give it it's red color. That's why we have shadows in life. It's caused by the absence of light to reflect off of objects. In theatre, this is how we are able to achieve such extreme shadows and cut people in half with light/the absenceof light. The truck pictured is reflecting beige-ish light and almost no light on it's other side. It's not that the truck is constantly beige and that the lack of light is making the beige appear darker. It's that the beige is actually darker and has changed colors.
Very early science lesson! Ha! Very true, lots of blogs about the way light reflects off of different surfaces! The color of light will also inherently change the color of whatever surface we are looking at as well...which is where it gets tricky! Nice commentary on shadows too.
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