THE SCIENCE OF COLORS
Scavenger Hunt

Click on each link to find the answer to the questions below it.  Record your answers on a separate piece of paper to turn in.

http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html
What is the circular design of colors called?  Who invented it?  When?
Red, Yellow, and Blue are called ____________.
Green, Orange, and Purple are called  ____________.
Colors formed by mixing secondary colors are called ____________.
How is visual color harmony achieved?

http://www.mhschool.com/student/science/mhscience/5/review/summary/5-3-6-6.html Read about the Colors of Light.  Click on the button at the bottom of the page and take the quiz, then check to see how you did.  I answered ________ of ________ questions correctly!

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/color/
Take the tour … follow the directions on the home page.  Click on “Let’s Get Started” to begin.  Answer these questions as you go …
Define hue.  Select your favorite hue.  
How did your favorite compare to everyone else’s?
Make a hue. Experiment with hue.
Define saturation.  Experiment with saturation.
How does the saturation of an image effect it?
Define brightness.  Experiment with brightness.
How does the brightness of an image effect it? 
Which is more important – hue, saturation, or brightness?
Now is your chance to “go wild” (on the site of course )

Continue … Take a look at the lighter side of color. What is the visible spectrum?

http://lifesciences.asu.edu/askabiologist/research/seecolor/
Why can we see color and some animals can’t?
What animals can see as many colors as we can?
Take the color test …
Yes, you can take the quiz and / or go to the puzzles (seeing color word search), but not for long … you have one more task.

What is something interesting you learned about “color”?