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How can I make an indigo color?

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You could mix blue with purple, or add a wee bit of black to shade it.

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How do I make indigo using watercolors?

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Equal parts blue and red are used to make violet, whereas indigo contains more blue than red.

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How do I make the stand for the Newton disc?

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Use a small pencil or a needle. Some people use small motors with needles on top to make it rotate without using their hands.

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How can I make the color violet?

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To make violet, you will mix the colors red and blue.

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What colours are the best to use? Poster colours crayons or sketches?

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Any method of coloring the wheel is fine. The important thing is that you use the colors of the rainbow.

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The color changes into a whitish hue - why not pure white?

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Maybe you haven't balanced the colors correctly, it's very hard to do. The experiment is merely a proof of concept, I wouldn't get to hung up on the perfection of the result.

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How can you make indigo by using water colors?

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Indigo is a shade of purple that has more blue than red. Experiment with different quantities of red and blue until you get the color you are looking for.

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What is the point of a newton disc?

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A newton disc can show that white light is made of violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

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Can I use a string instead of pencil?

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Yes. Use sewing string.

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What angle should I make each sector?

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There are seven colors, and the angle of the whole circle is 360 degrees, so if you're really worried about the exact angle, just divide 360 by 7. That should give you the angle of one sector. You really don't need to be that precise though; as long as the sectors look more or less the same in shape, you should be okay.

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Can I color it by changing the position of colors?

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No. The order of the colors must be as indicated.

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How can I make hole without punching machine?

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Use a sharp object instead.

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What will happen if I rotate it?

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It will turn white.

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How to divide into seven parts?

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You do not divide it into seven parts. Instead, it will be in six parts; red, yellow, blue, orange, violet and green as those are the colors of the visible spectrum.

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Should the colors be even?

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Yes, the colors should be even.

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What is the goal of this experiment?

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The goal of this experiment is to show that white light is composed of different colors.

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How do I make a purple color?

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Purple and violet are similar. Violet is a secondary color that you can make by mixing red and blue.

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What will happen if my colors aren't even?

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If your colors aren't even, then you won't get the desired white color.

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Where can I find videos about the Newton disc?

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There are a few videos on YouTube about making the Newton disc and how it works.

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What are the conclusion and observation of the activity

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This activity proves white light consists of seven colors. These colors are violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

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How can I make the color green?

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Mix yellow and blue to create green. The shade of green will depend on how much of each individual color you add to the mix.

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Can I use 3 colors to make a Newton disc?

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You need to include all the colors of the rainbow to make the Newton disc, because white light is made of 7 colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), not 3 colors.

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Does the size of my Newton disc matter?

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It should be small enough to spin easily, and big enough for you to observe the color change.

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What is the application of Newton's disc in real life?

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The science behind Newton's disc can be applied to rainbows. Rainbows are formed when white light from the sun bends because of water vapors in the air and separates into 7 colors.

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Can I use 8 equal sides instead of seven when making a Newton Disc?

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No. Because a Newton Disc has seven colors, we have to divide it into only seven segments.

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How can it be divided into 7 parts?

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If you make each section about 51.4 degrees, then you will have even sections.

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Can I use any other thing in place of a pencil or a needle?

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Yes. You could use a pen, sewing string, or a marker would work too. What you are working with will depend what size the hole is though.

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