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Chapter 7
Exercise 4
Learning Area: Light, Colour and Sight
Learning Objective: Analysing the addition and substraction of coloured lights.

1. Diagram 1 shows three coloured lights being shone on a white screen.

Screen Observations:
Red

Red
Screen
P
Green S Q
Green
R
Blue

Blue
Diagram 1
List the colours produced:
Area on the screen P Q R S
Coloured light

2. State the colours formed on the screen when white light passes through filters M and N.
Screen

White
light

Filter M Filter N Colour

formed
Diagram 2

Filter M Filter N Colour formed on the screen

Blue Red
Red Yellow
Yellow Cyan
Magenta Yellow
Cyan Magenta

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3. Diagram 3 shows the colours formed on the screens when a beam of white light passes through the filters
as shown.

Blue filter Screen Red filter Screen

White light White light

Blue light Red light

is formed is formed

Diagram 3

Study the information in the Diagram 3 and construct a concept regarding the actions of primary colour
filters on white light. Your explanations should be based on the following;
(a) Identify two information.

(i) …………………………………………………………………………………………………..

(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

(b) Identify two common features.

(i) …………………………………………………………………………………………………..

(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

(c) Relate the common features with the actions of the primary coloured filters in order to construct an
initial concept.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(d) State one example of the actions of the primary coloured filters and one non-example.

Example: …………………………………………………………………………………………..

Non-example:……………………………………………………………………………………..

(e) State the actual concept of the actions of the primary coloured filters.

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