Italy:Explain the physical features of light. Make experiments to give proof. Finland:Present the...

Italy: Explain the physical features of light. Make experiments to give proof.

Finland: Present the interrelationship between light and colours. Support your answers with some experiments.

Poland: Explain the importance of light in the field of economy, with reference to your own country.

Latvia: Explain the biological importance of light. Refer to light as an eco-factor in the fields of flora and fauna. 

Germany: Explain what influence light has on the psyche and activity of the human being.

Sir Isaac Newton

Christiaan Huygens

Thomas Young

Incident ray

Refected ray

Transmitted ray

norm

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Continuous spectrum

400nm 700nm

sun

Physicist …

Normal colour photo

The green component is missing.

Cones for blue are missing.

Cones for red are missing.

Naïve realism

physics: spectrum , reflection, dispersion chemistry: dyestuffs arts and culture: colour symbolism, Pointillism,

color field painting physiology of senses: cones, brain areals psychology: chromotherapy, colour vision test,

multiprocessing, complementary colours, afterimages

philosophy: naive realism versus constructivism