Light, Optics, & Colour Notes: from the Internet

Make sure you either view or get a copy of these notes
Remember we don't have a text book. These notes are what takes its place.
This is the same concept as if you were asked to read pages from your text book.

Note # Topic Access Topics Covered
#1 Plane Mirror
Lesson 60
Plane mirrors with simple illustrations
#2 Curved Mirrors
Lesson 61
Curved mirrors, concave (converging) and convex (diverging)
How to draw diagrams & Mirror formulas with solved examples.
#3 Drawing ray Diagrams for Curved mirrors
Mirror ray tracing for diverging and converging mirrors
All positions of object from far away to inside f
#4 From Sparks Notes
Sections 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Classical Optics: reflection & refraction, Snell's Law, total internal reflection
  • Optical Instruments: mirrors & lenses with formulas
#5 Color theory: additive
Note on the additve theory of colour
#6 Color theory: subtactive
Note on the subtractive theory of colour
#7 Color theory byworqx
Make sure you click on all 4 topics listed below
  • Color Theory Overview
  • Color Basics
  • Color Systems
  • Color Wheel
Color pallet is fun to play with especially if you are trying to see what colours compliment each other.
#8 Understanding Color
  • What is Colour
  • Visible Light
  • Primary Colours
  • Additive Colour System
  • Subtractive Colour System
#9 Color Mixing & Theories
Another look at colour with extra material on the eye, colour temperatures & lots of LINKS to other relavent sites.