Our sense of sight is greatly
enriched by the perception of color. Color is related to a
physical property of light; however, light is even more complicated
than our eyes reveal, because
there are
physically distinguishable kinds of light that are perceived as
the same color.
There are colors
(in particular, black and white) which are not represented by light
of a single wavelength. This section will study color, in
order to
make this distinction clearer.
| By combining light of just three colors, we can make light of all the colors we can perceive |
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| Section | Estimated time required |
|---|---|
| Exploring color | 30 minutes |
| Subtracting colors | 60 minutes |
| Adding colors | 30 minutes |
| Science content: color | 60 minutes |
| Discussion of color | 60 minutes |
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