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LLIIGGHHTT!!
How does 
light travel 
through 
air? 
water? 
How do 
you think 
light 
travels 
through 
oil?
EExxppeerriimmeenntt 
1. Draw three glasses of water in your copy, 
one empty, one filled with water and one 
filled with oil. 
2. Put a pencil in your glass while it is empty 
and draw what you see when looking 
straight on. 
3. Put water in your glass and look again. 
Draw what the pencil looks like now. 
4. Add oil to the top of the water and draw 
how the pencil now looks.
AAnn eemmppttyy ggllaassss ((aaiirr))
Look at 
how 
light 
passing 
through 
water 
makes 
the 
pencil 
look like 
its 
bent!
AA ggllaassss wwiitthh wwaatteerr aanndd ooiill 
Light bends more 
when passing 
through oil 
than it does 
passing through 
water!
Light: Refraction and Colour Mixing
CCoolloouurr!! 
White light is not a single colour; it is made 
up of a mixture of the seven colours of the 
rainbow. 
We can demonstrate this by 
splitting white light with a 
prism: 
The colours in the white all 
bend in different directions 
and break up so we can see 
them easier!
TThhee ccoolloouurrss ooff tthhee rraaiinnbbooww:: 
Red 
Orange 
Yellow 
Green 
Blue 
Indigo 
Violet
SSeeeeiinngg ccoolloouurr 
The colour an object appears depends on the colours 
of light it reflects. 
For example, a red book only reflects red light: 
White 
light 
Only red light 
is reflected
A pair of purple trousers would reflect purple light 
(and red and blue, as purple is made up of red and blue): 
Purple light 
A white hat would reflect all seven colours: 
White 
light
When mixing paint colours we mix blue and 
red and make purple, yellow and red make 
orange and yellow and blue make green. 
BBUUTT!!!!!! 
WWhheenn mmiixxiinngg ccoolloouurreedd lliigghhtt,, wwee 
ggeett ddiiffffeerreenntt ccoolloouurrss aallttooggeetthheerr!!!!
EExxppeerriimmeenntt TTiimmee!! 
Attach one colour to the light. Then shine 
your new coloured bulb through a coloured 
filter and see what colour you make when 
you mix the colours! 
???
WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu tthhiinnkk hhaappppeennss wwhheenn 
yyoouu mmiixx aallll tthhee ccoolloouurrss 
ttooggeetthheerr??
AAddddiinngg ccoolloouurrss 
White light can be split up to make separate colours. 
These colours can be added together again. 
The primary colours of light are red, blue and green: 
Adding blue and red 
makes magenta 
(purple) 
Adding blue and 
green makes cyan 
(light blue) 
Adding all 
three makes 
white again 
Adding red 
and green 
makes yellow
Light: Refraction and Colour Mixing

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Light: Refraction and Colour Mixing

  • 2. How does light travel through air? water? How do you think light travels through oil?
  • 3. EExxppeerriimmeenntt 1. Draw three glasses of water in your copy, one empty, one filled with water and one filled with oil. 2. Put a pencil in your glass while it is empty and draw what you see when looking straight on. 3. Put water in your glass and look again. Draw what the pencil looks like now. 4. Add oil to the top of the water and draw how the pencil now looks.
  • 5. Look at how light passing through water makes the pencil look like its bent!
  • 6. AA ggllaassss wwiitthh wwaatteerr aanndd ooiill Light bends more when passing through oil than it does passing through water!
  • 8. CCoolloouurr!! White light is not a single colour; it is made up of a mixture of the seven colours of the rainbow. We can demonstrate this by splitting white light with a prism: The colours in the white all bend in different directions and break up so we can see them easier!
  • 9. TThhee ccoolloouurrss ooff tthhee rraaiinnbbooww:: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
  • 10. SSeeeeiinngg ccoolloouurr The colour an object appears depends on the colours of light it reflects. For example, a red book only reflects red light: White light Only red light is reflected
  • 11. A pair of purple trousers would reflect purple light (and red and blue, as purple is made up of red and blue): Purple light A white hat would reflect all seven colours: White light
  • 12. When mixing paint colours we mix blue and red and make purple, yellow and red make orange and yellow and blue make green. BBUUTT!!!!!! WWhheenn mmiixxiinngg ccoolloouurreedd lliigghhtt,, wwee ggeett ddiiffffeerreenntt ccoolloouurrss aallttooggeetthheerr!!!!
  • 13. EExxppeerriimmeenntt TTiimmee!! Attach one colour to the light. Then shine your new coloured bulb through a coloured filter and see what colour you make when you mix the colours! ???
  • 14. WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu tthhiinnkk hhaappppeennss wwhheenn yyoouu mmiixx aallll tthhee ccoolloouurrss ttooggeetthheerr??
  • 15. AAddddiinngg ccoolloouurrss White light can be split up to make separate colours. These colours can be added together again. The primary colours of light are red, blue and green: Adding blue and red makes magenta (purple) Adding blue and green makes cyan (light blue) Adding all three makes white again Adding red and green makes yellow