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Colored Shadows
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This Exploratorium activity shows color addition.  Different-colored lights are trained on the same spot on a screen so that the reflected light is white.  Colored shadows can be made by holding an object between the light sources and the screen.  The site provides an explanation for what happens along with extension activities and information about the eye's retina. This activity is part of Exploratorium's Science Snacks series.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored-shadows
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- The Eye
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2006 Exploratorium
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Keywords: additive mixture, additive primaries, shadow
Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 13, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Aug 02, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 August 4, 2006
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(Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2006), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored-shadows).
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Colored Shadows (Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2006), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored-shadows>.
APA Format
Colored Shadows. (2006, August 4). Retrieved May 13, 2025, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored-shadows
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Colored Shadows. San Francisco: Exploratorium, August 4, 2006. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored-shadows (accessed 13 May 2025).
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Colored Shadows. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2006. 4 Aug. 2006. 13 May 2025 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored-shadows>.
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@misc{ Title = {Colored Shadows}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {13 May 2025}, Month = {August 4, 2006}, Year = {2006} }
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