Do You See the Light ?

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COLOR
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Sir Isaac Newton was the first scientist to
understand that white light (from the sun)
is a combination of all the colors of the
rainbow and every shade in between.
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Color comes from light. Prisms can separate
regular white light into all the colors inside
the light.
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Newton made discoveries about light. He also
learned about gravity, motion, and math.
Click on the Web address below to hear a short
biography of one of the greatest scientists ever.
http//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos
_who_level1/newton.html
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The band or colors seen in a rainbow is called
a spectrum.
Question 2
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There are letters that will help you remember the
order of the colors.
R O Y G B I V
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
Blue, Indigo, Violet
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When colors are mixed they change to form new
colors.
Look what happens when blue and red are blended
together. They form the color purple.
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Artists know that some colors can change the way
you feel. You can feel cool or warm when you
look at them.




Blues, greens, and purples are called cool
colors.
Reds, oranges and yellows are called warm
colors.
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Vincent Van Gogh was a great artist. He painted
a picture called Starry Night with many swirls
of blue, greens, and purples.


http//www.vangoghgallery.
com/



He also painted Sunflowers with
oranges and yellows.
http//www.grammieleo.com/vangogh.shtml
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Starry Night with many swirls of blue, greens,
and purples shows cool colors.

http//www.vangoghgallery.com/




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Sunflowers with oranges and yellows show warm
colors.


http//www.grammieleo.com/vangogh.shtml



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Light and color change what we see each day.
Look at all of the products that depend on
light.

glasses contacts TV movies
cameras binoculars satellites telescopes
CD players scanners lasers photocopier