Color Vision
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In this online activity, learners make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. They can change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or they can filter white light. They can also view the light as a solid beam or see the individual photons. This activity includes an online simulation, sample learning goals, teaching ideas, and translations in over 30 languages.
- Under 5 minutes
- 5 to 10 minutes
- free
- Ages 6 - adult
- Activity, Simulation
- Arabic, Basque, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese
Quick Guide
Materials List (per student)
- Computer with online access, current Java software, and mouse
Subjects
- Life Sciences
- Human Senses and Perception
- Vision
- Human Senses and Perception
- Physical Sciences
- Light and Optics
- Lenses and Mirrors
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Sunlight and Color
- Vibration and Waves
- Light and Optics
- Light and Optics
Audience
To use this activity, learners need to:
- see
- see color
- read
- use mouse
Learning styles supported:
- Involves hands-on or lab activities
Other
Foreign language versions of this resource:
- Arabic: رؤية اللّون
- Chinese: 光的混合 (Simplified)
- Chinese: 彩色視覺 (Traditional)
- French: Visions des couleurs
- German: Farbwahrnehmung
- Italian: Color Vision
- Portuguese: Percepção de cor
- Russian: Цветовое зрение
- Spanish: Visión del Color
- Basque: Ikuspenaren kolorea
- Croatian: Kako vidimo boje?
- Danish: Farvesyn
- Dutch: KLEUR
- Estonian: Värvuse tajumine
- Greek: Έγχρωμη όραση
- Hebrew: ראיית צבעים
- Hungarian: Színlátás
- Indonesian: Tampilan Cahaya
- Korean: 색상 보기
- Persian: دید رنگی
- Polish: Widzenie kolorowe
- Serbian: Како видимо боје
- Slovak: Farebné videnie
- Swedish: Färgseende
- Turkish: Işık ve Renkler
- Vietnamese: Quan sát màu sắc
Access Rights:
- Free access
By:
- LeMaster, Ron; Malley, Chris; Perkins, Kathy; Wieman, Carl; Adams, Wendy; Harlow, Danielle
Rights:
- All Rights Reserved, University of Colorado, ©2011
Funding Sources:
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- National Science Foundation
- Excellence Center of Science and Mathematics Education at King Saud University
- O'Donnell Foundation
