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Colour illusions

   

Spinning wheels

Neon tube effect

When the disc spins, bands of colour appear which seem to glow. This effect is caused by light and dark bands of colour being serrated like a saw. This gives a gradation from light to dark when the disc is spinning.

Visit the Colour Museum in Bradford to see this illusion in action.

     
image: Neon
     
image: Colour museum gallery
   
             
   

Also See:

Investigating colour vision
Prisms
Colour TV