Basic Facts
Polarization
Color Addition
Color Subtraction
Eyes
100
Light travels at this speed in a vacuum.
What is 300,000 km/s or 3.0 x 10 8 m/s?
100
This is the percentage of light will be transmitted when unpolarized light is sent through a vertical Polaroid film.
What is 50%?
100
These are the three primary colors.
What is red, blue, and green?
100
A piece of paper appears to be yellow in white light. This means the paper reflects these color(s).
What is red and green?
100
Of the following properties: color, brightness, polarization, frequency,wavelength, your eyes cannot sense this property.
What is polarization?
200
Light travels the fastest through this medium.
What is a vacuum?
200
Unpolarized light is sent through a horizontal Polaroid film and then a vertical Polaroid film. This is the percentage of light that will make through the two films.
What is 0%?
200
This is the complementary color of yellow.
What is blue?
200
A piece of paper appears to be magenta in white light. This means that the paper absorbs these color(s).
What is green?
200
You have this many types of cones in your eye.
What is three?
300
Of gamma and infrared light, this type has the longest wavelength.
What is infrared light?
300
Horizontally polarized light is sent through a horizontal Polaroid film. This is the percentage of light that makes it through to the other side.
What is 100%?
300
Magenta is made up of these two colors.
What is red and blue?
300
A piece of paper appears to be cyan in white light. This means in magenta light the paper will appear to be this color.
What is blue?
300
The rods in your eyes sense these colors.
What is black and white?
400
This type of material absorbs nearly all the light that hits it.
What is a opaque?
400
Unpolarized light is sent through a vertical Polaroid film, then a Polaroid film with an axis 45° off of the horizontal and then a second horizontal Polaroid film. This is the percentage of the original light will be transmitted through to the other side.
What is between 0% and 50%?
400
Cyan is the combination of these colors?
What is blue and green?
400
A piece of paper appears to be green in white light. This means in magenta light the paper will appear to be
What is black?
400
The cones in your eyes sense these colors.
What is red, blue, and green?
500
A transparent material does this to a significant portion of the light that hits it.
What is transmit?
500
This is aligned in light that is polarized.
What is the electric field of the electromagnetic wave?
500
Black is a combination these colors.
What is no colors? (Black is the absence of light.)
500
This is the reason crabs appear black in the ocean.
What is ocean water absorbs red light?
500
This is the part of the eye on which an image is focused.
What is the retina?
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