Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Color Vision Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page from Georgia State University for a variety of other pages associated with color vision. Pages are filled with meaningful graphics and thorough explanations.
Website
York University

York University: Color and Color Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
York University provides an index page to several other pages on the topic of color and color vision. The pages are part of an online "book." Many graphics and explanations.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Color Matching Game

For Students 9th - 10th
This game has been built to show students that they can make any color they want by mixing different amounts of red, blue and green.
Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Why Is the Sky Blue?

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about colors of light by exploring how prisms work. Discover the different colors of the spectrum and how the visible light is what we see.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Characterizing Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University discusses the meaning of the terms hue, saturation and brightness. Thorough, meaningful explanations and outstanding graphics.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: The Three Little Pigments

For Students 9th - 10th
For this activity, you print different colors of the same image onto acetate, then explore the different color effects you get when they are overlaid on each other in various combinations.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Mixing Colors With Light Beams

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity students learn how to mix different colors of light to create different colors.
Interactive
Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Primary Subtractive Colors

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate "pigmented" color discs to see how mixing subtractive colors affect the overall color.