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What is color?

Colm Kelleher · TED

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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. [Directed by Alex Rupert and Bernard Tan, narrated by Colm Kelleher].

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  1. What is color? 3 min · TED's player

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Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Colm Kelleher
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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