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Exhibits

Adapting to Color

Change your perception of color by flooding your eyes with colored light.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Reflections

Exhibit Developers: Richard O. Brown and Ulrika Andersson, 2001

Phenomena: Color

Keywords: eyes

Aliases: Red-Green Goggles

Collections: Colorfest, Seeing

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Science activity demonstrating color afterimage phenomenon

Bird in a Cage

Stare at one color—but see another.

Science activity that demonstrates an optical illusion

Hole in Your Hand

What happened to your whole hand?

Science activity that demonstrates lateral inhibition in visual perception

Lateral Inhibition

Which is in control, your eyes or your brain?

Science activity that demonstrates a visual illusion

Overlapping Spots

Make a bright spot brighter.