Nikola Teslaâs invention of the laser may be one of the best examples of the good and evil bound up together within the mind of man. Lasers have transformed surgical applications in an undeniably beneficial way, and they have given rise to much of our current digital media.
by Demand Media. Special fountain tints or dyes are used to turn water blue. While the color blue is often used to to depict or represent water, in reality, blue is only a reflection of the atmosphere around it -- the sky above, when dealing with natural bodies of water, or a swimming pool's walls, which are often painted a shade of blue or aqua.
Ordinarily we think of water as being blue in color. When artists paint bodies of water they generally color them blue or blue-green. While water does reflect blue-green light, noticeable in great depths, it should appear colorless as used in the home. Ideally, water from the tap is not blue or blue-green. If such is the case, there are certain foreign substances in the water. Infinitely small microscopic particles add color to water. Colloidal suspensions and noncolloidal organic acids as well as neutral salts also affect the color of water.