Mysteries of Color

Edward Choi

  The second part deciphers the type of colorblindness the colorblind people are. I did an extensive test to decipher the types of colorblindness within each of the ten cases.

  The third part was a picture I created which they had to replicate. Using the background information I gathered, I realized the most common types of colorblindness were red-green and blue-yellow. I made a drawing with the majority of these four colors. Using the drawing I created, I made them duplicate it. I gave them eight markers with the colors blue, black, brown, purple, yellow, red, green and orange. I covered up the caps and the marker with tin foil so they could not see which color the marker was. Instead, I labeled each of the markers with its name. This made them copy my drawing through what colors they saw rather than how well they could match similar colors.

  The fourth and final part of the experiment was to find a way to try and help the colorblind differentiate colors better. I used red and green foils to see if it would help the people differentiate colors better. Start your investigation by clicking on one of the cases on the right.

  To go back to the index page, click here.