audreyann15's Avatar
audreyann15 3
1 Asked
0 Answered
0 Best
1
No one has voted on this question yet :(
2 years, 6 months ago

Why is lint always a bluish color?

Tip for best answer: M$0.50
Separate topics with commas, or by pressing return. Use the delete or backspace key to edit or remove existing topics.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

What is Your Answer?

0
0
0

2 Answers

2
kty2777's Avatar
kty2777 | 2 years, 6 months ago
21
It's suppose to be because that is the average color of the clothes in your laundry, or most laundry. But it can change depending on your clothes.

And that makes sense because if you wash a new rug the color of the lint definitely changes, but it still leaves vexing questions....about texture and consistency...

This is a must read link: its a debate from The Naked Scientist they discuss this in detail!
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/questions/question/2400/

And this is just weird but funny
For a survey, and theories about Belly Button Lint ( BBL ) have a look at this site, really cool!
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/lint/theories.htm

Now this is the color I think of for lint
http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsanityphotos/412160618/

but see, it can be red, or pink, or whatever!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/listorama/2315568246/

Edit: I found a blog about BBL - its funny
http://www.mywuchi.com/2009/01/18/lint-trap/

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$
kty2777's Avatar
kty2777 | 2 years, 6 months ago Report

+1 awesome comment of the week!

bunnyphuphu's Avatar
bunnyphuphu | 2 years, 6 months ago Report

Where can I find a lint trap for my belly button?

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel
0
jupiter2's Avatar
jupiter2 | 2 years, 6 months ago
4
Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki has worked a bit on on this and he actually did win an IgNobel Prize for his lint research. But he says that for both belly button fluff and laundry lint, is actually an average of all the colours of your clothes. So all the stuff that comes off even your white laundry, will end up being sort of slightly grayish, bluish, horrible colour. And if you think about even if you do have a lot of black clothing, and I'm sure most people will have at least one item of black clothing, will tend to sort of fade to grey and those are the bits that are more likely to disintegrate and fall off and become lint.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel

Learn something new with our FREE educational apps!

Private lessons in the comfort of your own home. Get back in shape or finally pick up a guitar with our great experts guiding you the whole way!
Learn Guitar
Learn Hip Hop
Learn Pilates