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PhET Simulation: Color Vision
published by the Physics Education Technology Project
This interactive simulation allows users to explore how people view colors. The first part of the simulation explores the use of three monochromatic lights of varied intensity to produce multiple colors. The second part of the simulation allows you to filter white light and monochromatic light and study how the filter determines what colors pass through to the eyes. The color of both the light and the filter can be controlled.

This simulation is part of a large and growing collection. It has been designed using principles from physics education research and refined based on student interviews.

Please note that this resource requires Java.

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http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/color-vision
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Light
- Color
= Synthesis and Analysis of Color
- The Eye
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- application/java
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Additional Information
Physics Front This resource was featured by the Physics Front collection from February 16, 2012 until April 16, 2012. View the feature here!


Mirror: http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/color-vision/co…
Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2005 PHET and University of Colorado
Additional information is available.
SERCs: Link to Material
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Keywords: Photons, Radiation, Spectrum, White Light, addition, experiment simulation, filters, white, Light, color, filter, interactive multimedia, light, monochromatic beam, vision
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created October 30, 2006 by Gifford Weber
Record Updated: Jul 08, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 August 11, 2006
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AIP Format
PhET Simulation: Color Vision, Version 1.0 (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/color-vision).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Color Vision, Version 1.0 (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2005), <http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/color-vision>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Color Vision. (2006, August 11). Retrieved May 26, 2013, from Physics Education Technology Project: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/color-vision
Chicago Format
Physics Education Technology Project. PhET Simulation: Color Vision. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, August 11, 2006. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/color-vision (accessed 26 May 2013).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Color Vision. Vers. 1.0. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, 2005. 11 Aug. 2006. 26 May 2013 <http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/color-vision>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Color Vision}, Publisher = {Physics Education Technology Project}, Volume = {2013}, Number = {26 May 2013}, Month = {August 11, 2006}, Year = {2005} }
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