I can’t be seen, but I paint the skies, with colors that dance before your eyes. What am I, that bends light and plays with your mind, revealing the beauty that nature designed?
Category: Science · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about how a straw appears bent in a glass of water.
Answer
Light bending
Explanation
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another, causing visual distortion.
This is a expert science riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Light bending.
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