Light and Optics - Musharof Chy
What Makes an Object Coloured
Explains principles of reflection, refraction, absorption and transmission to explain how objects a...
MicroWorlds
An educational tour of current research at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. Contains informati...
Skytopia - Colour and Light Trivia
Amusing guide lists various oddities about colour and light. Find trivia on 3D, mirrors, light bulb...
How Does a Pinhole Camera Work?
Explains the principles behind the pinhole camera.
How Light Works
Explains light in terms of photons to explain reflection, refraction and absorption.
The Reflection and Refraction of Light
Uses geometry to predict reflection from plane and spherical mirrors, and looks at how speed and wa...
Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You
Timeline, interactive Java applets showing various properties of light and lenses, tutorials, and o...
How we see Colour
Explains human perception of colour and optical illusions in depth with clear diagrams.
Color and Color Vision
Explains additive and subtractive colour mixing, the mixing of wavelengths, Newton's dispersion of ...
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
From NASA, an overview of the different types of electromagnetic waves.
Light and Optics: Online Meteorology Guide
Introduces optical effects resulting from light interaction with air, dust and haze particles, ice ...
Light Refraction
Uses example of sphere on a checkerboard to show how light is refracted.