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"Light" Riddles - Next 10 of 196.
Riddle:
We capture light, and yet we don't. We reflect rays of sun, and yet we don't. Without us all the world is gray and dull for everyone.
What are we?
Answer: Colors.
Riddle:
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
Answer: A hole.
Riddle:
I do not eat food but I enjoy a light meal everyday. What am I?
Answer: A plant.
Riddle:
I can only live were there is light, But I die if the light shines on me. What am I?
Answer: A shadow.
Riddle:
I have three eyes, all in a line. When the red one opens, it all freezes.
What am I?
Answer: Traffic light.
Riddle:
I am something, I am nothing. I am short, I am tall. When you fall at your sport, then I stumble and fall. I have never been yet seen beneath a new moon. I thrive in the evening but vanish at noon. I am lighter than air, I weigh less than a breath. Darkness destroys me and light is my death. What am I?
Answer: A shadow.
Riddle:
What did the traffic lights say to the cars?
Answer: “Don’t look I’m changing!”
Riddle:
I have three eyes and one leg. If you disobey me, you will surely be punished. What am I?
Answer: I'm a traffic light! If you cross a red-light you will get in trouble!
Riddle:
I am seen in the water and seen in the sky, I am in the rainbow, a jay's feather, and lapis lazuli. What am I?
Answer: The color blue.
Why each clue points to blue:
- Water: Large bodies of water often look blue because they reflect the color of the sky and, to a lesser extent, water weakly absorbs longer wavelengths (reds) more than shorter ones (blues), leaving a bluish appearance.
- Sky: The sky appears blue due to Rayleigh scattering—shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight scatter more in the atmosphere, making the dome of the sky look blue. Rainbow: Blue is one of the visible color bands in a rainbow, between green and indigo.
- Jay’s feather: Many blue jays look blue not from pigment but from structural coloration—the microscopic structure of the feathers scatters light to produce blue.
- Lapis lazuli: This gemstone is famously deep blue because of the mineral lazurite.
Riddle:
On my own, I am darkness, a black abyss. But, Life brings me light with its gentle kiss. I am quiet and cold, but warmth I can hold. Alongside beauties and wonders, sights to be told. My surface may be bare, this I'm aware. But, beautiful secrets I am eager to share. My mouth so large, I swallow you whole. To be in my belly is your goal. What may lie within can drive men to sin. Greed and desire, gluttony's kin. For some, I am fear. For others, hope. My perception shaped from life's scope. From the earth I have come, and forever will stay, even if parts of me crumble away. What am I?
Answer: A cave.
