Answer 1:
Hello and thanks for the question! We see
colors due to waves of light so the reason why
certain planets are different colored can be
explained by what they are made out of and how
their atmosphere reflect or absorb the light from
the sun.
Mercury has a dark grey and rocky surface, Venus
is covered with carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid
which makes it a light yellow color. Earth as we
know it, is a mixture of blue ocean, white clouds,
and green and brown land. Mars is covered with a
dust which contains a lot of iron oxide (rust)
which makes it orange looking. Jupiter is a a gas
planet with an atmosphere that is mostly hydrogen,
helium, and some bits of water, ice crystals, and
other elements which make it white, orange, brown
and red. Saturn is another gas planet similar to
Jupiter but with different stuff in its atmosphere
which makes it a yellowish brown color. Uranus is
also a gas planet with a lot of methane which
makes it a greenish blue color. And lastly,
Neptune has a lot of methane gas which makes it
bluish.
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Answer 2:
Different materials reflect different colors of
light in space just as they do on Earth, and
different planets are made of different materials.
Why one planet is made of one thing while another
planet is made of something else - ah, that is a
good question, and one that I don't think we
understand so well.
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