exploratorium

Exhibits

PHENOMENA

Color: Complimentary

Aurora

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

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Benham's Disk

The colors you see here are all in your head.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Bird in a Cage

Stare at a bird’s eye for 30 seconds, then look into the empty cage. You’ll see a ghostly bird—of a very different color—inside the cage

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
Distilled Light

Split light apart and put it back together again.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening