What would we percieve ions as in our eyes?

[Cash Fulton]

I'm in high school and a physics novice. I have been wondering what would an object constructed of ions look like if we could see them? Is this a dumb question and there is a obvious answer I'm not thinking up for some reason?

 

[mfb]

If the electrons are still around, it would be a plasma. If it is sufficiently dense, it looks bright.
If the electrons are not around any more, you get a Coulomb explosion. If it is sufficiently dense, you see an explosion. Or nothing at all any more, if the explosion is strong enough...

 

[Cash Fulton]

If the electrons are still around, it would be a plasma. If it is sufficiently dense, it looks bright.
If the electrons are not around any more, you get a Coulomb explosion. If it is sufficiently dense, you see an explosion. Or nothing at all any more, if the explosion is strong enough...

Ah thank you, friend.