Snow Is White In Real Life; In Paintings It Can Be A Different Story

06/01/2021 3 min Temporada 3 Episodio 453

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Episode Synopsis

Snow gets its white color because of the way light and color work - but in paintings, artists use a few other tones to make their snowscapes look more realistic and more interesting. Plus: why a New York City department store once tried to sell chips of 100,000 year old ice. 
Why Is Snow White? (HowStuffWorks)
Is Snow White? Maybe, or Maybe Not. (UCAR Center for Science Education)
That Time Bloomingdale’s Sold Ice from a 100,000 Year Old Glacier in Greenland (Untapped New York)
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