Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende View Post
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.