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Do you have a hard time matching paint swatches with your furniture? When you consider human perception, color is context dependent.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners discover that it's difficult to distinguish between two different shades of gray when they aren't separated by a boundary.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners control the (apparent) size of a hole with their brain.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a simple trick of perspective to dress friends in tiny cutout clothing. Learners make tiny pants out of card stock and tape them to the end of a stick.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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This is an online exhibit about color perception. Learners set a random background color and then try to mix red, blue, and green light to match.

free Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this optics activity, learners discover that not all shadows are black. Learners explore human color perception by using colored lights to make additive color mixtures.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes