Viewed in Another Light

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Purpose: To view the colors of M & Ms in the presence of varying colors of incident light … … and to use the principle of color subtraction to explain the varying color appearances.

Blue

Cyan

Red

Magenta

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Green

Consider the five M&Ms shown below. This is there appearance when white light shines on them. But what color would they look if other colors of light shined on them?

M&Ms Viewed in Red Light

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M&Ms Viewed in Blue Light

M&Ms Viewed in Green Light

M&Ms Viewed in Magenta Light