What is color? - Colm Kelleher
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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.
If color is nothing more than wavelengths of light, why do you think people vary so differently in their color preferences? Why is my favorite color blue when yours can be red or green? Is there such a thing as the philosophy of color?
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Meet The Creators
- Director Alex Rupert, Bernard Tan
- Educator Colm Kelleher
- Narrator Colm Kelleher
