A question for the kiltmakers: What would you do with this tartan?

**figheadair** · 7th January 10, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

That is because a mirror always doubles the distance between it and the viewer. No matter where you stand, you will always appear half as big as you think you are, and this may also explain why you always look twice as big in photographs as you think you should be.

Regards,
Rex.

That explains it then. What's interesting is the way looking in a mirror seems to affect the way colours are perceived or maybe that's my eyes.

**fluter** · 7th January 10, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

That explains it then. What's interesting is the way looking in a mirror seems to affect the way colours are perceived or maybe that's my eyes.

That is probably a real effect, a result of the reflective properties of the mirror coating over the visual spectrum. Or in my room, it might be the layer of dust on the mirror's surface!