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We constructed a frame out of the wood approximately the size of the top, sides and
bottom of the studio light. Once finished we closed in the frame so that there was a square
opening. Then we cut wood to fit the around the round studio light since the box is square. After
correctly screwing it all together and measured appropriately, you can now freely put gels in
front of the lights to manipulate its color. Mount 2 protractors on the foundation in order to
measure the angle of departure of different colors of light. In our experiment we are attempting
to find the angle of different colors of light and we dont want other light interfering. In order to
control this variable we tested everything in the dark to limit interference with other light. We
kept the amount of light the same as well as the position of the studio lamp. The only variable
we changed was the color of the light, which is the basis of our experimentation. To test we
changed the gels and measured the angle of departure using the protractors mounted to our
foundation, and then recorded our results.
Our experiment involves acquiring the following materials:
8 Colored Light Gel 30x30cm
1 Studio Light
Hot Glue
1 Saw
2 Protractor
Results:
Our experiment found some very interesting information, about color and how different
colors disperse. We found that red, having the longest wavelength, has the largest angle of
departure at 16 degrees. On the other hand we see purple, with the shortest wavelength, and
the smallest angle of departure at 44 degrees. Every color was 4 degrees more than the last
color, except for one color, pink which was the outlier in our set of data. For example orange
was 4 degrees more than its previous color red, and green lightblue was 4 degrees more than
green. We found this pattern to be very interesting and we believe this constant incline of 4
degrees is because of reds longest wavelength and purples shorest. When adding two gels
together we found that the angle of dispersion was the median of the two colors we combined.
For example the colors green and purple had a angle of 36 degrees. This is because the
median of 44 degrees (purple) and 28 degrees (green) is 36 degrees. We found that the color
pink is an outlier, because it does not follow our rule of being 4 degrees more than its previous
color (dark blue). We believe this is because humans perceive pink to be a combination of dark
blue and purple, but it is actually a combination of many colors humans cannot see. Its angle of
dispersion is 60 degrees so any color that is combined with it has a significantly larger angle
then it would without pink. Purple continues to follow this rule however, if pink had grown by 4
degrees it would be 40 degrees and purple does not realize it is an outlier so it adds 4 to the
previous angle (pink-40).
No
Red
Orange Yellow
Green
Light
Dark
Pink
Purple
Color
Blue
Blue
No
Color
11
16
20
24
28
32
36
60
44
Red
16
16
18
20
22
24
26
38
30
Orange
20
18
20
22
24
26
28
40
32
Yellow
24
20
22
24
26
28
30
42
34
Green
28
22
24
26
28
30
32
44
36
Light
Blue
32
24
26
28
30
32
34
46
38
Dark
Blue
36
26
28
30
32
34
36
48
40
Pink
60
38
40
42
44
46
48
60
52
Purple
44
30
32
34
36
38
40
52
44
Discussion:
This experiment was done to test whether or not light of different colors dispersed from a
funneled area in different angles. Our expected results were that if the shorter the wavelength of
light a smaller area of dispersion would occur. The results that we did get were precisely that.
Red, which has the longest wavelength, had a larger area of dispersion. Purple with the shortest
wavelength, had the smallest area of dispersion except for pink which was the outlier of the
data. Pink had a dispersion area of 60 degrees while purple had one of 44 degrees. As the data
from the experiment shows when the color of a shorter wavelength is shined, its area of
dispersion is 4 degrees less than that of the previous color. We dont, however, have a logical
explanation for why pink had a smaller area of dispersion than purple.
The significance of our results isnt very big. We just discovered for ourselves that the
color of light affects physical properties of the light. Longer wavelengths yield a larger area of
dispersion than shorter wavelengths. A place of large uncertainty, however, would come from
our test with pink. It ended up being a total outlier and for no reason we could make sense of.
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