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HANDS-ON PHYSICS
SEEING COLOURS…

All the colours you see around you are made up from three primary colours: red, green and blue. Different coloured objects reflect different proportions of each of the primary colours. For example, when you see a yellow object you are actually seeing a mix of green and red light.

Enjoy some colourful learning…
Build your own colour detector to investigate for yourself how primary colours make up the millions of colours around you.

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LEARNING GUIDE

Here is a short guide to support you in your learning.

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BUILD GUIDE

Follow the building instructions to create your Colour Detector.

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SAMPLE PROGRAM

Download the Program File itself and run it on your SPIKE Prime Colour Detector.

If you can’t download the file directly onto your device, then download the Program Example and re-create it on your SPIKE Prime App. Then run it on your SPIKE Prime Colour Detector.

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