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Understanding Light and Color Mixing

This document contains exercises related to the properties of light and color, focusing on the addition and subtraction of primary colors of light (red, green, blue). It includes questions about how colors combine, the effects of colored filters, and how objects appear in different lighting conditions. The exercises aim to enhance understanding of light behavior and color perception.

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Understanding Light and Color Mixing

This document contains exercises related to the properties of light and color, focusing on the addition and subtraction of primary colors of light (red, green, blue). It includes questions about how colors combine, the effects of colored filters, and how objects appear in different lighting conditions. The exercises aim to enhance understanding of light behavior and color perception.

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6 Light

6.4 Colours of light


Exercise 6.4A Adding primary colours
Focus
In this exercise, you will think about what happens when colours of light are added.
1 What is meant by the primary colours of light?

Tick (✓) one box.


colours of light that come first in the rainbow

colours of light that cannot be made by adding other colours

colours of light that can be made by adding any other colours

colours of light that are brightest in a rainbow

2 The primary colours of light are red, green and blue.

Complete the sentences.

a Adding red light and green light makes light.

b Adding green light and blue light makes light.

c Adding red light, green light and blue light makes light.

3 The Sun gives out seven colours of light.

Explain why the light from the Sun appears to be white.

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6.4 Colours of light

Exercise 6.4B Subtracting colours of light


Practice
In this exercise, you will think about what happens when light passes through coloured filters.
1 White light shines on a red filter.

Green light does not pass through the red filter.


a Name one other colour of light that does not pass through the red filter.

b Complete the sentences using words from the list.


transmitted reflected absorbed refracted

The green light has been by the red filter.


Red light passes through the filter because red light is by the filter.

2 White light shines on a blue filter.

a State the colour which passes through the blue filter.

Explain your answer in terms of subtraction of light.

b The light that passes through the blue filter is made to shine on a green filter.
Explain what will happen.

3 The sign above a shop gives out yellow light. The sign uses white lamps.
Explain how white lamps can be used to produce yellow light.

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6 Light

Exercise 6.4C Seeing colours


Challenge
In this exercise, you will think about why objects appear to be different colours.
1 a A green T-shirt appears green in white light.

Use the best words to complete these sentences.

The green T-shirt only green light.

The green T-shirt all the other colours of light.

b State how the green T-shirt would appear in red light.

2 State the colour, or colours, of light that should be used to produce each of these effects.

a Make a red car look red.


light or light
b Make white paper look blue.
light
c Make a green apple appear black.
light or light

3 a Suggest why scientists do not consider black to be a colour.

b Suggest why scientists do not consider white to be a colour.

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