Why is the sky blue? why is the ocean purple?

violet light has a shorter wavelength than blue light. violet light is scattered more than blue light. however, the human eye is less sensitive to violet than to blue. as a result, we perceive a blue sky instead of a violet sky.

answer:

i don't believe the ocean is purple, but it might once have been:

as for the sky, according to nasa:

"sunlight reaches earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. this is why we see a blue sky most of the time."