Summary
Bill splits white light into a rainbow and shows that the colors you see are the ones an object bounces back to your eyes.
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Discussion
Bill splits white light into a rainbow and shows that the colors you see are the ones an object bounces back to your eyes..
- Where do the colors in a rainbow come from?
- Why does a red apple look red?
- Could you see anything in a room with no light at all? Why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: reflect, spectrum, prism.
Try it: Look at three objects and explain what color of light each one is reflecting to your eyes.