- Absorption of Solar Energy
by Different Colors - A simple experiment testing the effect color
has on the absorption and reflection of solar energy.
- Applications of Light: Scanners
- Tutorial with bibliography.
- Causes of color
- Explore the phenonmena that create our colorful world.
- Color
FAQ - Clarifies aspects of colour specification and image coding
that are important to computer graphics, image processing, video, and
the transfer of digital images to print.
- Color and Color Vision
- Explains additive and subtractive colour mixing, the
mixing of wavelengths, Newton's dispersion of white light to show the
colours of the rainbow.
- Colour Info
Page - A rapidly growing site covering many aspects of colour science.
- Colour Physics FAQ
- Concerns the measurement and control of coloured surfaces such as
plastics, textiles, and surface coatings. It is intended for practitioners
rather than theoreticians.
- The Electromagnetic
Spectrum - From NASA, an overview of the different
types of electromagnetic waves.
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Computer Lab: CIE Chromaticity Diagrams - Demonstrate how to display
a 1931 CIE chromaticity chart, as well as the transformations needed
for the 1960 and 1976 charts. The charts can be displayed using either
the 1931 2-degree or 1964 10-degree standard observer.
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Computer Lab: Color Mix Lab Report - Interactive demonstration of
mixing additive or subtractive colors.
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Computer Lab: Maxwell Triangle Lab Report - Demonstrate mixture
of light with three primaries. Introduce concept of chromaticity coordinates.
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Computer Lab: Spectra Lab Report - A complete Delphi program, including
source code, to display wavelength colors as a function of wavelength
and optionally display the emission and absorption spectra of hydrogen.
- Fraunhofer
Lines - Prominent Fraunhofer lines in the spectrum of the sun are
shown, together with their corresponding wavelengths. Very pretty!
- Glossary of Color
Science Terms - When one speaks about color, some of these terms
are sure to be used.
- History of Optics
- Timeline of optics-related historical moments.
- How Does a
Pinhole Camera Work? - Explains the principles behind
the pinhole camera.
- How Light Works
- Explains light in terms of photons to explain reflection,
refraction and absorption.
- Java
Applet - Java applet exploring reflection and refraction
of light beam and laser beam.
- Light
and Optics: Online Meteorology Guide - Introduces
optical effects resulting from light interaction with air, dust and
haze particles, ice crystals and water droplets.
- Light
Refraction - Uses example of sphere on a checkerboard
to show how light is refracted.
- Moiré
Phenomenon - A book and a downloadable moire demonstration kit for
printing on transparencies.
- Molecular Expressions:
Science, Optics and You - An educational resource for the science
of optics and the physics of light and color intended for teachers,
students, and the general public.
- Munsell Color Science
Laboratory - Academic laboratory dedicated to research and education
in color science, based at Rochester Institute of Technology.
- Nanoptics, Inc., Fiberoptic
Tutorial - History, theory and use of fiber optics.
- Oatmeal Box Pinhole Photography
- Photo gallery plus directions to make a pinhole camera, take pictures
and develop them. Also, links to other pinhole camera sites.
- Optical Fibres Project
- How optical fibers work, and information on reflection, refraction,
Snell's Law, total internal reflection and critical angles.
- Optics 4 Kids
- Tells about the science of light and answers common questions. Also
explores careers in optics. From the Optical Society of America.
- Optics for Kids
- An overview of the basics of optics, also discusses
careers in science and engineering.
- Polarized Light - Fascinating
facts about polarized light, from rainbows to beetles, from viking navigation
to LCD displays. Myths and truth about polarized sunglasses. Also a
shop with polarized-only items.
- The Reflection
and Refraction of Light - Uses geometry to predict
reflection from plane and spherical mirrors, and looks at how speed
and wavelength varies with different media.
- Reflections
In Choppy Water - Why does light reflecting off a lake or ocean
appear to be "smeared" into a long strip?.
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM) - Learn about the scanning electron microscope and its uses.
- Sighting
the First Sense - Introduction to light. Topics touched upon include
reflection, refraction, interference and includes interactive applets
to demonstrate theories. Designed by students for the ThinkQuest Internet
Challenge 2000.
- Skytopia
- Colour and Light Trivia - Amusing guide lists
various oddities about colour and light. Find trivia on 3D, mirrors,
light bulbs, and contradictions about the perception of colour.
- The Speed of
Light - Defines the speed of light and describes
how man learned to measure it. Includes interactive quiz.
- Theory of Color
- Unconventional way of classifying and teaching colors.
- WebTOP - A 3D interactive
computer graphics system that instructors can use to help teach optics,
and that students can use to simulate and visualize optical phenomena
to help them learn about optics.
- Whiteness - Explanation
of applying fluorescent whitening agents to increase perceived whiteness.
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