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What is color? - Colm Kelleher

2012-12-18

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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.

Lesson by Colm Kelleher, animation by Vitreous.


Intro
/youtube/video/UZ5UGnU7oOI?t=0
Waves
/youtube/video/UZ5UGnU7oOI?t=23
Colour
/youtube/video/UZ5UGnU7oOI?t=93