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Why are clouds white?

Home | Why are clouds white? | Why is the ocean blue?
Why are sunsets red? | Why is the sky blue? | Why is Mars red?

Water and ice in clouds scatter all color wavelengths by the same amount. All colors are represented in this scattered light and clouds therefore appears white. (White light is made up of all colors, red, blue, violet, etc.)

(All wavelengths of light get scattered equally by drops of water and small clumps of ice.)

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