Primary Color Kit
Product Code : SCL-L-11431
Description:
The Educational Instruments Primary Color Kit is a critical piece of Physics Science educational laboratory equipment explicitly designed to teach the principles of additive color mixing using light. This apparatus utilizes three precision-aligned light sources filtered to produce the primary colors of light: red, green, and blue (RGB)
The kit allows students and instructors to conduct real-time demonstrations, showing how these primary light beams overlap on a projection surface to create secondary colors (cyan, magenta, yellow) and, crucially, white light. Constructed from durable ABS plastic with long-lasting light sources, this intuitive setup provides a highly visual and engaging way to explore abstract concepts in optics and the physics of light behavior.
Product Usage:
The Primary Color Kit is essential for demonstrating the fundamental differences between the mixing of light (additive) and the mixing of pigments (subtractive).
Additive Color Synthesis: The primary usage is to sequentially introduce and overlap the red, green, and blue light beams. Students observe:
Red + Green: Yellow
Green + Blue: Cyan
Red + Blue: Magenta
Red + Green + Blue: White Light
Color Perception and Wavelengths: By controlling the light sources using the manual switches or knobs, students gain a practical understanding of how our eyes perceive different combinations of light wavelengths.
Light and Optics Education: The adjustable light arms enable students to manipulate the beam directions, reinforcing lessons on the rectilinear propagation of light and beam alignment.5
Secondary Color Analysis: The kit makes it easy to isolate and study the properties of the secondary colors of light (cyan, magenta, and yellow), which are complementary to the primary colors.
Educational Applications & Learning Goals:
This kit supports core instruction in Physics, Art, and Technology Education:
Understanding Light Properties: Distinguishing between additive (light) and subtractive (pigment) color theories.
Color Science Fundamentals: Establishing the foundational role of red, green, and blue light in human vision and technology (e.g., display screens).
Inquiry-Based Learning: Promoting hands-on experimentation where learners can predict color outcomes and verify their predictions through visual observation.
Optics Curriculum Alignment: Directly supporting modules on light behavior, spectrum analysis, and visual physics.
Specifications & Features:
Light Sources: Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) Filters
Adjustment: Adjustable Light Arms
Construction: High-Quality ABS Plastic Body
Demonstration: Real-Time Blending
Application: Optics, Physics, and Media Technology
Benefits:
Facilitates accurate and clear demonstration of primary light colors.
Allows for precision alignment and controlled overlapping of the light beams.
Ensures durability, safety, and a long operational lifespan in a classroom setting.
Provides an immediate, highly visual learning experience that is easy to understand.
Essential apparatus for teaching color theory and visual physics.
