exploratorium

Exhibits

PHENOMENA

Color Mixing

Aurora

A reflector stretches light from colored tiles into long bright ribbons.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Chromoscope

A color photo is three pictures in one.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Colored Shadows

Step in front of this wall, and you’ll make shadows of various colors—yellow, magenta, cyan, red, green, blue, and yes, even black—that wiggle, jump, and dance along with you.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Countless Colors

How many colors can you make by mixing red, green, and blue light?

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Disagreeing About Color

Which of the outer dots best matches the center dot? Ask a few people and chances are you’ll get a few different answers.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Distilled Light

Split light apart and put it back together again.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Light Island

Play with beams of light.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Lumen-Illusion

Flashing lights create the illusion of motion.

Where:   Crossroads: Getting Started
Sun Painting

Created by artist Bob Miller, this classic Exploratorium exhibit is a “live” painting that uses light from the Sun as its palette.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening