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Look at pictures through different color filters and you'll see them in a new way. People have used color filters in beautiful photography or sending secret messages.
- Under 5 minutes
- 5 to 10 minutes
- 1 cent - $1 per student
- Ages 4 - adult
- Activity
- English
Quick Guide
Materials List (per student)
- Several different colors of transparent plastic to use as colored filters, such as colored acetate report covers, colored acrylic plastic from a plastics store, or anything along those lines
- Assorted colored pictures from magazines, old wall calendars, or other sources
- Crayons, colored pencils, or colored pens
- White paper
Subjects
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Life Sciences
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Human Senses and Perception
- Vision
- Perception
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Human Senses and Perception
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Physical Sciences
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Vibration and Waves
- Light and Optics
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Light and Optics
- Reflection and Refraction
- Sunlight and Color
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Vibration and Waves
Other
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