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Color Vision

Make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. Change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or filter white light. View the light as a solid beam, or see the individual photons.

 
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Topics

Main Topics

  • Photons
  • Rainbow
  • Monochromatic beam
  • White light

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Sample Learning Goals

  • Determine what color the person sees for various combinations of red, green, and blue light.
  • Describe the color of light that is able to pass through different colored filters.

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Teaching Ideas

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Ideas and Activities for this Sim

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Ascending Sort (Z-A)Title Author Level Type Updated
Color Vision (or Seeing Colors) D. MoutouxHSLab3/08
Color Vision Simulation Homework Designed by PhET IconK. PerkinsUG-Intro
HS		HW11/08
Introduction to Light & Color K. DallasHSLab12/07

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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Apple Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Ron LeMaster (developer)
  • Chris Malley (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Wendy Adams
  • Interviewer: Danielle Harlow
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