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Color Vision

Color Vision Screenshot
  • Photons
  • Rainbows
  • Monochromatic Light
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Topics

  • Photons
  • Rainbows
  • Monochromatic Light
  • White Light

Description

Make a whole rainbow by mixing red, green, and blue light. Change the wavelength of a monochromatic beam or filter white light. View the light as a solid beam, or see the individual photons.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Determine what color the person sees for various combinations of red, green, and blue light.
  • Describe the color of light that is able to pass through different colored filters.
Version 1.04

For Teachers

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title Gold Star Contribution Contribution by PhET Authors Level Type
Investigation of a Solution’s Color (Qualitative and Quantitative) - Guided Inquiry Activity A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Ted Clark, Julia Chamberlain UG-Intro Guided
Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman UG-Intro HW
RGB Color A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Doug Spicher MS Lab
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS Other
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other
PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum This contribution was designed by PhET. Julia Chamberlain UG-Intro
HS		 Other
Color Vision Simulation Homework This contribution was designed by PhET. Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman UG-Intro
HS		 HW
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
HS		 Other
Color Vision Sim Lab Sam Steele MS Lab
Guided
HW
Pixel Peeping Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt HS
UG-Intro		 Lab
Color Vision Hana Nudelman K-5 Lab
Colors of Light Victoria Smith K-5 Lab
Color Vision (or Seeing Colors) David Moutoux HS Lab
Introduction to Light & Color Kim Dallas HS Lab
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica Carla Tavares HS MC
Demo
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HW
Lab
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Translations

Language Download or Run Tips
Afrikaans All Afrikaans Run now Kleur Visie
Albanian All shqip Run now Vizioni i ngjyrës
Arabic All العربية Run now رؤية اللّون
Armenian All Armenian Run now Գույնի ընկալում
Basque All Basque Run now Ikuspenaren kolorea
Belarusian All беларускі Run now Каляровы зрок
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now KAKO VIDIMO BOJE
Bulgarian All български Run now Цветно зрение
Catalan All català Run now Vista de color
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 光的混合
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now 彩色視覺
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Kako vidimo boje?
Czech All čeština Run now Barevné vidění
Danish All Dansk Run now Farvesyn
Dutch All Nederlands Run now KLEUR
Estonian All Eesti Run now Värvuse tajumine
Finnish All suomi Run now Värien näkeminen
French All français Run now Visions des couleurs
Galician All Gallegan Run now Visión Color
Georgian All Georgian Run now ფერთა ხედვის პრინციპი
German All Deutsch Run now Farbwahrnehmung
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Έγχρωμη όραση
Hebrew All עברית Run now ראיית צבעים
Hungarian All magyar Run now Színlátás
Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Tampilan Cahaya
Italian All italiano Run now Visione dei Colori
Japanese All 日本語 Run now 光の色(Color Vision)
Kannada All Kannada Run now ಬಣ್ಣದ ನೋಟ
Kazakh All Kazakh Run now Түсті көру
Khmer All Khmer Run now ការ​មើល​ឃើញ​ពណ៌
Korean All 한국어 Run now 색상 보기
Kurdish (Turkey) All Kurdish (Turkey) Run now Dîtina Rengan
Lao All Lao Run now ການເບິ່ງເຫັນສີ
Latvian All Latviešu Run now Krāsu redze
Macedonian All македонски Run now Како ги гледаме боите
Marathi All मराठी Run now रंग ओळख
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Fargesyn
Persian All فارسی Run now دید رنگی
Polish All polski Run now Widzenie kolorowe
Portuguese All português Run now Percepção de cor
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Visão de Cor
Romanian All română Run now Vederea în culori
Russian All русский Run now Цветовое зрение
Serbian All Српски Run now Како видимо боје
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Farebné videnie
Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Kako vidimo barve?
Spanish All español Run now Visión del Color
Spanish (Mexico) All español (México) Run now Visión del Color
Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now La Visión del Color
Swedish All svenska Run now Färgseende
Tamil All Tamil Run now நிறப்பார்வை
Thai All ไทย Run now การมองแสงสี
Turkish All Türkçe Run now Işık ve Renkler
Turkmen All Turkmen Run now Reňkli görüş: RGB (Red-Green-Blue) model - Gyzyl/Ýaşyl/Gök goşulmagy
Ukrainian All українська Run now Колір, що його бачить людина
Vietnamese All Tiếng Việt Run now Quan sát màu sắc

Software Requirements

Windows Macintosh Linux
Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7/8.1/10
Latest version of Java
OS X 10.9.5 or later
Latest version of Java
Latest version of Java

Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Ron LeMaster (developer)
  • Chris Malley (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Wendy Adams
  • Interviewer: Danielle Harlow
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