Why are newborn babies' eyes the same colour as the sky?
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Unpigmented eyes look pink. (From blood vessels maybe.)  Probably not as deep as an answer you are looking for but just wanted to throw that one in.
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The Genetics of Human Eye Color\nCan a baby's eye color be predicted using the eye color of the parents, grandparents and siblings?\nEye color is a physical trait that is genetically determined. A favorite pastime for many expectant parents is documenting the eye color of grandparents and extended family members to attempt to predict the eye color of their baby. Any discussion of the inheritance of eye color, requires a review of genetics. In basic terms, eye color is determined by the amount of a pigment called melanin that is in the iris of the eye. Brown eyes have lots of pigment, blue eyes very little. The amount of pigment is determined by a number of genes controlling pigment production. Generally speaking, brown is dominant, meaning that if one parent has brown eyes and the other has blue eyes, the baby will most likely have brown eyes. But the situation is really much more complicated than that. For a more complete description, read on. \n\n\nWhat is a gene and what does it have to do with eye color?\nHumans have a diploid number of 46 chromosomes (23 pair) located in the cell nucleus. In the process called meiosis, sperm and egg cells are produced that have the haploid number (23) of chromosomes. During fertilization of the egg by the sperm the diploid number of 46 is restored. During the course of pregnancy, the fertilized egg (zygote) undergoes a complex series of changes including multiple cell divisions and differentiation of cells into the different organ systems. The result is a baby whose cells each have 46 chromosomes. One chromosome of each pair is inherited from the baby's father and the other from the mother. A gene is a length of DNA on a chromosome that does something particular for an organism. It is the basic unit of heredity, determining the observable characteristics, or phenotype, of an individual. The actual genetic makeup of an individual is referred to as its genotype. Genes are arranged in a linear fashion on the chromosome, much like beads on a string. The arrangement of genes along a chromosome is the same for both members of a chromosome pair. Therefore genes also occur in pairs. \n\n\nIf genes occur in pairs are both genes alike?\nGenes may occur in different forms called alleles so the appearance of any characteristic is dependent on the types of alleles present. A person who carries two of the same alleles is called homozygous for that gene. If two different alleles are present the person is heterozygous for that gene. In a heterozygous gene pair, one allele may be expressed over the other. The allele that is expressed is called the dominant allele. The allele that is not expressed is called the recessive allele. Dominance and recessiveness refer to which allele is expressed when the two occur together. There is nothing abnormal or defective implied in the terms. Examples of dominant/recessive inheritance are many of the famous genetic experiments conducted by Gregor Mendel. Mendel bred pea plants and found that crosses between homozygous purple flower plants and homozygous white flower plants always produced plants with purple flowers. In the process of incomplete dominance, a heterozygous gene pair produces a characteristic that is intermediate between the characteristic produced by the homozygous condition of each allele. An example of this occurs when a red snapdragon is crossed with a white one resulting in a plant with pink flowers. In a third process called codominance, the affect of each allele is expressed simultaneously. An example of codominance is the human AB blood group system in which a person with an A allele and a B allele will have type AB blood. \n\n\nI have heard that a single pair of genes determines what color my eyes are. Is this true?\nAt one time scientists thought that a single gene pair, in a dominant/recessive inheritance pattern, controlled human eye color. The allele for brown eyes was considered dominant over the allele for blue eyes. The genetic basis
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the sea and sky is blue because of light refraction\n\nthe sea absorbs the longer wavelenghts of light which are near the red end of the visible spectrum, and reflects blue to our eyes which we see. \n\nthe sky reflects all of the light waves in the particles in the sky, water, CO2, Hydrogen, etc., and as it gets nearer to the earth where we can see, most of the red end of the spectrum has been absorbed and the blue is reflected back to our eyes. \n\nand sometimes there are particles that absorb other parts of the spectrum, which accounts for the colors of sunsets and etc.
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(m)\n\nAs the sun begins to set, the light must travel farther through the atmosphere before it gets to you. More of the light is reflected and scattered. As less reaches you directly, the sun appears less bright. The color of the sun itself appears to change, first to orange and then to red. This is because even more of the short wavelength blues and greens are now scattered. Only the longer wavelengths are left in the direct beam that reaches your eyes\n\nThe sky around the setting sun may take on many colors. The most spectacular shows occur when the air contains many small particles of dust or water. These particles reflect light in all directions. Then, as some of the light heads towards you, different amounts of the shorter wavelength colors are scattered out. You see the longer wavelengths, and the sky appears red, pink or orange
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I've heard that the sky turns a type of dirty greenish greyish colour before a severe hailstorm, or a tornado.  But I'd like to think that the sky would do that because of the types of clouds, and the absorption and reflection of light.  I've never seen it myself to say for sure. \n\nI've also been told that there are green flashes that apprear on the sea (but the sea level has to be right) around sunset.  I've never seen one of those either. Apparently, it's one of those must-see things.\n\nAnd then again, another place where greens exist is in the northern lights (Aurora Borealis)...  There are greens and they're gorgeous.  Now I've witnessed that, and it's simply GORGEOUS!!\n\nlike you said, there's always the good old rainbow!  I've seen that too :p\n\ncheers!!
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The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air. \n\nHowever, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue. \nAs you look closer to the horizon, the sky appears much paler in color. To reach you, the scattered blue light must pass through more air. Some of it gets scattered away again in other directions. Less blue light reaches your eyes. The color of the sky near the horizon appears paler or white.
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From Physlink.com:\n\nThe red colour in the sky at sunset (and sunrise) is due to an effect called Rayleigh scattering. There is a similar form of scattering called Mie scattering which is responsible for the white colour of clouds. \n\nParticles in our atmosphere that are approximately the same size as the wavelength of visible light cause the white light from the sun to scatter and split into individual components. Oxygen and Nitrogen (the main components of our atmosphere) scatter violet and blue light due to their small size. This is why the sky appears to be blue in the day time, especially at midday when the Sun is closest to us. \n\nDuring sunrise and sunset the distance that the light has to travel from the Sun to an observer is at its greatest. This means the a large amount of blue and violet light has been scattered so the light that is recieved by an observer is mostly of a longer wavelength and therefore appears to be read.
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The sun light looks yellow for the same reason the sky is blue, Raleygh scattering. Blue light scatters more than other wavelengths due to nitrogen and oxygen molecules in the air, so the remaining sunlight looks yellowish because some of its blue wavelength has been taken away.
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The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air. \n\nHowever, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue. \n\nAs you look closer to the horizon, the sky appears much paler in color. To reach you, the scattered blue light must pass through more air. Some of it gets scattered away again in other directions. Less blue light reaches your eyes. The color of the sky near the horizon appears paler or white. \n\nSOURCES:\nhttp://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blu...\n\nThe Earth's sky is blue because the air molecules (largely nitrogen and oxygen) are much smaller than the wavelength of light. When light encounters particles much smaller than its wavelength, the scattered intensity is inversely proportional to the 4'th power of the wavelength. This is called "Rayleigh scattering," and it means that half the wavelength is scattered with 2**4 = 16 times more intensity.\nThat's why the sky appears blue: the blue light is scattered some 16 times more strongly than the red light. Rayleigh scattering is also the reason why the setting Sun appears red: the blue light has been scattered away from the direct sunlight.\n\nThus, if the atmosphere of another planet is composed of a transparent gas or gases whose molecules are much smaller than the wavelength of light, we would, in general, also expect the sky on that planet to have a blue color.\n\nIf you want another color of the sky, you need bigger particles in the air. You need something bigger than molecules in the air--dust.\n\nDust particles can be many times larger than air molecules but still small enough to not fall out to the ground. If the dust particles are much larger than the wavelength of light, the scattered light will be neutral in color (i.e., white or gray)---this also happens in clouds here on Earth, which consist of water droplets. If the dust particles are of approximately the same size as the wavelength of light, the situation gets complex, and all sorts of interesting scattering phenomena may happen. This happens here on Earth from time to time, particularly in desert areas, where the sky may appear white, brown, or some other color. Dust is also responsible for the pinkish sky on Mars, as seen in the photographs returned from the Viking landers.\n\nIf the atmosphere contains lots of dust, the direct light from the Sun or Moon may occasionally get some quite unusual color. Sometimes, green and blue moons have been reported. These phenomena are quite rare though---they happen only "once in a blue moon...." :) The dust responsible for these unusual color phenomena is most often volcanic in origin. When El Chicon erupted in 1982, this caused unusually strongly colored sunsets in equatorial areas for more than one year. The much bigger volcanic explosion at Krakatoa, some 110 years ago,\ncaused green and blue moons worldwide for a few years.\n\nOne possible exception to the above discussion is if the clouds on the planet are composed of a strongly colored chemical. This might occur on Jupiter, where the clouds are thought to contain sulfur, phosphorus, and/or various organic chemicals.\n\nIt's also worth pointing out that the light of the planet's primary is\nquite insignificant. Our eyes are highly adaptable to the dominating illumination and perceive it as "white," within a quite wide range of possible colors. During daytime, we perceive the light from the Sun (6000 K) as white, and at night we perceive the light from our incandescent lamps (2800 K, like a late, cool M star) as white
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First off why is the sky any color at all and not black?\nThe answer -- the presence of the atmosphere -- oxygen molecules absorb energy and release at pretty much a random angle(Rayleigh scattering). So the light from the sun is "diffused" around the atmosphere and when it reaches our eyes it come in from all directions -- creating the colored sky effect.\n\nNow on to the 2nd question why is the sky specifically blue. Blue is high energy color(it is created by high frequency waves) so it does not spread as much as other colors. In fact the sky is not uniform blue -- Come out of your house on a clear sunny day and you will see that the sky is the bluest directly above your head but it gets more and more white as you look toward horizon. This means that blue light diffuses the least creating blue appearance around the sun -- but as you look further from the sun more colors are visible creating the white effect. \nThe Sky may also be seen in weird colors like red and orange when the sun is at the sharp angle with the atmosphere(dusk and dawn).
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when the sunlight enters the earth atmospere,,\nthe light gets split up into 7 colours,,\nbut the most defracted light is blue,,\nthus,,sky is observed as blue,,\n\none thing u have to keep it in ur mind,,\nthat there r no specific colours to any object in this world,,everything is white in colour in this world,,but,,due to some specific colours reflecting in our eye,,we can see those objects in those specific colours only,,\nthis is what xplains colour-blindness in humans,,,
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first of all, to Paranoid Princess:\n\nwhoa, whoa WHOA.  just a minute.  the sky is not blue because there's liquid oxygen in the upper atmosphere.  that's just retarded and you shouldn't go presenting bizzare mis-truths as fact when they *aren't* fact.\n\nhere is a profile of temperatures at various altitudes:\nhttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/images/profile_jpg_image.html\nas you can clearly see the lowest temperature is about -100C.  oxygen liquefies at -182C at normal pressures (reference: http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/chem/dolchem/html/elem/elem008.html ), and even lower temperatures at the low pressures in the upper atmosphere.  PLEASE don't present some bizarre fiction as truth to someone who isn't well-informed enough to know that you're simply fabricating nonsense from thin air.  if you have simply been misled by someone else, at least try to do a marginal amount of research before answering a question on something you don't know much about.\n\nthat said, to the original asker:\n\nthe sky is blue because of a phenomenon called "rayleigh scattering", which occurs because the molecules of air (mostly N2 and O2) happen to be the right size to scatter blue light in all directions.  some of this blue light reaches your eye after being re-scattered again by a second molecule, sometimes all the way across the sky.  \n\nthis is also why the sky turns red at sunset - at low angles, the sunlight has to travel a longer distance through the atmosphere, and by the time it reaches your eye, a lot of the blue light has already been scattered away, leaving yellow orange and red.  (i have yet to hear any explanation of why the sky doesn't turn green between daytime and sunset, though.  still tryin' to figure that one out.)\n\nanyway here are some home/school experiments designed to illustrate rayleigh scattering:\nhttp://www.physics.brown.edu/physics/demopages/Demo/optics/demo/6f4010.htm\nhttp://www.chaosscience.org.uk/dem/public_html/article.php?story=20050222224622239\nhttp://teachers.web.cern.ch/teachers/archiv/HST2002/smallexp/krug/Rayleigh.htm\nhttp://bulldog2.redlands.edu/facultyfolder/deweerd/research/scattering-AJP.pdf\nhttp://www.ktca.org/newtons/9/sky.html\n\nalso, a nice page illustrating rayleigh scattering:\nhttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/blusky.html\nand a slightly more advanced version:\nhttp://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/bluesky.html
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Usually by 6-9 months.  All three of mine were born with blue eyes and they stayed that way.  It doesn't matter if they are preemies.  Their eyes will change or stay the same color just like any other baby.
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Interesting question. Our humans eyes only see blue, but in fact there is a myriad of colors in the sky projected by the sun's rays. I think the other colors are in the ultraviolet spectrum, but I'm not entirely sure
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When the sunlight enters the Earth's atmosphere, it scaters. The light passes throught the molecules of gases in the air and scates. The only one colour that is visible to us most of the time is blue. During sunrise and sunset, the sunlight has to go through more atmosphere and the blue changes to reds, oranges and purples.
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When the sun is setting, the position of it results in a mixture of reds, oranges and yellows.  This is because those particular wavelengths are refracted less and therefore seen.  As a result, the other wavelengths (green, blue, indigo, violet) are not seen.  This is also the case in sunrises but sunsets are more brilliant because there are more particles in the air at this time of day (dust, pollution, dirt).  The increase in "substance" in the air results in refraction of ROY to increase.  \nThe dominance of the other three wavelengths (BIV) or (ROY) are seen more as apposed to green.  Remember, when you see color in the sky (either reds, oranges and yellows during sunset/sunrise or blues during midday) this is a mixture ,  so the "in between" wavelength, green, is overridden. \nHowever, there are occasions when you can see green in a sunset for a short period of time.  This is known as "a green flash."  You can read on about this rare phenomenon at: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/HBASE/atmos/redsun.html
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The Earth's sky is blue because the air molecules (largely nitrogen\nand oxygen) are much smaller than the wavelength of light. When light\nencounters particles much smaller than its wavelength, the scattered\nintensity is inversely proportional to the 4'th power of the\nwavelength. This is called "Rayleigh scattering," and it means that\nhalf the wavelength is scattered with 2**4 = 16 times more intensity.\nThat's why the sky appears blue: the blue light is scattered some 16\ntimes more strongly than the red light. Rayleigh scattering is also\nthe reason why the setting Sun appears red: the blue light has been\nscattered away from the direct sunlight.\n\nThus, if the atmosphere of another planet is composed of a transparent\ngas or gases whose molecules are much smaller than the wavelength of\nlight, we would, in general, also expect the sky on that planet to\nhave a blue color.\n\nIf you want another color of the sky, you need bigger particles in the\nair. You need something bigger than molecules in the air---dust.\n\nDust particles can be many times larger than air molecules but still\nsmall enough to not fall out to the ground. If the dust particles are\nmuch larger than the wavelength of light, the scattered light will be\nneutral in color (i.e., white or gray)---this also happens in clouds\nhere on Earth, which consist of water droplets. If the dust particles\nare of approximately the same size as the wavelength of light, the\nsituation gets complex, and all sorts of interesting scattering\nphenomena may happen. This happens here on Earth from time to time,\nparticularly in desert areas, where the sky may appear white, brown,\nor some other color. Dust is also responsible for the pinkish sky on\nMars, as seen in the photographs returned from the Viking landers.\n\nIf the atmosphere contains lots of dust, the direct light from the Sun\nor Moon may occasionally get some quite unusual color. Sometimes,\ngreen and blue moons have been reported. These phenomena are quite\nrare though---they happen only "once in a blue moon...." :) The dust\nresponsible for these unusual color phenomena is most often volcanic\nin origin. When El Chicon erupted in 1982, this caused unusually\nstrongly colored sunsets in equatorial areas for more than one year.\nThe much bigger volcanic explosion at Krakatoa, some 110 years ago,\ncaused green and blue moons worldwide for a few years.\n\nOne possible exception to the above discussion is if the clouds on the\nplanet are composed of a strongly colored chemical. This might occur\non Jupiter, where the clouds are thought to contain sulfur, phosphorus,\nand/or various organic chemicals.\n\nIt's also worth pointing out that the light of the planet's primary is\nquite insignificant. Our eyes are highly adaptable to the dominating\nillumination and perceive it as "white," within a quite wide range of\npossible colors. During daytime, we perceive the light from the Sun\n(6000 K) as white, and at night we perceive the light from our\nincandescent lamps (2800 K, like a late, cool M star) as white. Only\nif we put these two lights side-by-side, at comparable intensities,\nwill we perceive a clear color difference.\n\nIf the Sun was a hot star (say of spectral type B), it's likely we\nstill would perceive its light as "white" and the sky's color as blue