The purpose of this experiment was to show different ways of mixing color and to show the types of color spectrum visible to the human eye. To perform this experiment A bowl was filled about two-thirds of the was to the top with water and then placed on the floor in direct sunlight. Next a mirror was held under the water facing the sun. A piece of white paper was held in front of and above the water to show the sun reflecting off of the water. This produced a visible color spectrum onto the piece of paper. The experiment was based on seeing the full spectrum on the piece of paper,but this was not the case for all the trials that were tested. Some colors became more or less visible when the amount of sunlight was adjusted. At some times none of the colors were visible at all.
After completing this experiment it was determined that the less light that was available to the water and mirror to produce a reflection, the less vislible all the colors of the spectrum became. The amount of sunlight made determined which colors were more visible because of their position in the spectrum and their physical relation to the Sun's position.
The purpose of this experiment was to show different ways of mixing color and to show the types of color spectrum visible to the human eye. To perform this experiment a bowl was traced onto a piece of stiff paper and cut out. The circle was divided into seven equal sections. Each section was colored with a different color from the colore spectrum: red, blue,indigo, violet, yellow, orange, and green. A hole was then poked through the center oh the wheel and pencil was pushed part of the way through. A hole a little bit larger than the width of the pencil was poked through the bottom of a paper cup. The cup was turned upside down with the wheel on top. The wheel should be balanced on the pencil. The wheel was then spun and the color wheel was observed. The experiment was formed to observe which colors would show up the most when the wheel was spun at different speeds.
The results were that at different speeds different colors became more visible than the others on the wheel. The results were that at the high speed of about 250 rpms. the most visible color was either red, blue, or violet. At the medium speed of 175 rpms. the most visible color was yellow. The most visible color at the slow speed of 100 rpms. was either yellow, or blue.