Newton's Color Wheel
Newton's Color Wheel
This apparatus demonstrates the discovery made by Newton that light is composed of seven colors. When the wheel rotates very fast, the eye can't distinguish between individual stripes and is perceived as white.
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Enrique Zeleny
"Newton's Color Wheel"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/NewtonsColorWheel/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: March 7, 2011