What is color? - Colm Kelleher
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Have you ever wondered what color is? In this first installment of a series on light, Colm Kelleher describes the physics behind colors-- why the colors we see are related to the period of motion and the frequency of waves.
Explain what happens when light passes through a prism. What other common object refracts light?
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Meet The Creators
- Director Alex Rupert, Bernard Tan
- Educator Colm Kelleher
- Narrator Colm Kelleher
