Expert: Ed - 9/13/2007

Question
Why do we see the reddish/brownish color of the moon even during total lunar eclipse?

Answer
Princess,

What a cool question.  Well, basically, the way you asked the question shows me what your problem is, in understanding this subject.  It's not that we can suddenly see the moon's real colors, during an eclipse.  It is the Earth's shadow falling on the moon, which makes it APPEAR to be reddish/brown.  

The moon is actually grayish in color.  The way we see it every night is pretty close to its true color, although even then it is (much, much more slightly) affected because we see it through a thin layer of Earth's atmosphere.

If you like eclipses, I think you will enjoy this NASA link about the August 28 eclipse.  It has lots of charts and maps, and at the bottom, if you scroll down, it tells you when future eclipses will be happening.
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/TLE2007Aug28.html

This NASA website talks a little about why sometimes the moon gets colored VERY red during an eclipse.  It happens if there has been a big volcanic eruption on Earth, or really huge forest fires... they make the Earth's shadow redder, because of all the dust in our atmosphere.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/lunar1027.html

Here's a nother cool NNASA website about the same topic:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/13oct_lunareclipse.htm

I hope this is helpful.  Thank you for asking me a neat question, and forcing me to stop being lazy and do a little researh to help someone.

Keep Looking Up!
--Ed