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Chemistry 151. Chemistry and Color (from an elementary school perspective). Electromagnetic radiation. Light is a form of energy that travels through space like a wave and is characterized by its wavelength. Electromagnetic radiation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chemistry 151
Chemistry and Color
(from an elementary school perspective)
Electromagnetic radiation
•Light is a form of energy that travels through space like a wave and is characterized by its wavelength.
Electromagnetic radiation
•Only certain wavelengths of light can be detected by the human eye.
•“White” light is actually composed of all colors in equal amounts.
White Light
•Specialized cone cells in our eyes respond to visible light and signal color to the brain.
Color Perception
Color Perception
•There are three different kinds of human cone cells varying in their sensitivities to different colors of light: blue, green, and red.
•Leads to trichromatic color vision. •Sometimes called long,
medium and short cones.
Color Perception
•Birds have four different kinds of cones (one in the UV).
•Dogs have only two (no green).
Color Perception
•Birds have four different kinds of cones (one in the UV).
•Dogs have only two (no green).
The Bird’s View
•A defect in one of the three types of cones leads to “color blindness,” difficulty in distinguishing colors.
Color Perception
•Objects appear colored when they reflect light of that color.
Color Perception
•Red cones respond, signalling to the brain that the apple is “red”.
•Adding red, green, and blue light in equal amounts leads to white light.
Red, green, and blue are the primary colors of light.
Color Perception
•Adding red, green, and blue light in unequal amounts leads to all possible colors of light.
•Pigments are molecules that absorb certain colors of light and reflect the others.
•The brain integrates the responses of the cone cells to perceive the pigment’s color.
Color Perception
The yellow filter absorbs blue light; reflects red and green.
•A pigment generally absorbs light that is complementary to that observed.
•Absorbance data can be correlated to the identity of pigment.
Absorbance of Light
•For example: a purple pigment absorbs yellow-green light.
Absorbance of Light
Yellow: 425 nm (absorbs violet)
Red: 522 nm(absorbs cyan)
Blue: 610 nm(absorbs orange)
Absorbance of Light
Food Coloring Data:
Absorbance of Light
• The absorbance of light can be measured with a spectophotometer.
•The three primary colors of pigments arise from subtracting out one of the three primary colors of light.
Magenta pigment absorbs green light.
Absorbance of Light
Magenta pigment absorbs green light.
Yellow pigment absorbs blue light.
•The three primary colors of pigments arise from subtracting out one of the three primary colors of light.
Absorbance of Light
Magenta pigment absorbs green light.
Yellow pigment absorbs blue light.
Cyan pigment absorbs red light.
•The three primary colors of pigments arise from subtracting out one of the three primary colors of light.
Absorbance of Light
•Adding magenta, cyan, and yellow pigments in equal proportions leads to black.
Magenta, cyan, and yellow are the primary colors of pigments.
Color Perception
•Adding magenta, cyan, and yellow pigments in unequal proportions leads to all possible colors of pigments.
•Equally adding adjacent pigments leads to the development of color wheels.
Primary Colors of Pigments
primary colors secondary colorstertiary colors
•Colors opposite each other on color wheels are complementary colors.
Complementary colors
cyan red
yellow
blue magenta
green
•Pigments of complementary colors add in equal amounts to give black.
Complementary colors
Yellow and blue
Red and cyan Magenta and green
2012: Color Wheels2012: Color Wheels
Primary and secondary colors are introduced to show that some colors are made when mixing other colors together. Students make their own color wheels using homemade paint.
•Paints are a homogeneous mixture of a pigment, which provides color, and a binder, which cements the pigment to the solid support after drying.
Colors in art
Pigments in nature
•Early artists had primarily earth tones in their palettes, many mineral-based.
charcoal brown ochre
hematite (Fe2O3 · nH2O) is a source of red, yellow, and brown ochre
cinnabar (HgS) is a source of the red pigment vermilion
azurite (2 CuCO3 · Cu(OH)2)
Mineral-Based (Inorganic) Pigments
2010: Alien Rocks2010: Alien Rocks
Students analyze rock samples from the newly discovered planet of Zircondrion to determine if they are similar to Earth minerals. Analysis includes:
• Color• Iron? (absorbance of light)
Properties such as magnetism and fluorescence
• Chemical reactions
Plant & Animal-Based (Organic) Pigments
Indigo
Madder lake
(alizarin)
Tyrian purple
Common Sources of Pigments
Marigolds Grape Juice
Walnut hulls Kool-Aid
Beets Cochineal Beetles
CH112: Color Activity CH112: Color Activity
Learning Goals:
•Investigate the interaction of dyes with different fabrics.
•Identify ionic and polar groups in dyes and fabrics.
•Identify the different types of bonding interactions between dyes and fabrics.
Pigment/Metal Dates in useAzurite/Cu until 1800Ultramarine/Al until 1828Prussian Blue/Fe post-1704Synthetic Ultramarine/Al post-1828Cerulean Blue/Co, Sn post-1850Manganese Blue/Mn post-1935
History of blue pigment use
The chemistry of fraud detection
Last Friday, a priceless masterpiece was stolen from the little-known Waterville Museum of Old Weird Art. The painting was the masterpiece of the great Italian finger painter, Alfredo Fettuccini. However, yesterday the caretaker told police he forgot he had taken the painting home to clean it, and found it in his bedroom the next morning. An original painting by Fettuccini and the painting produced by the caretaker have been confiscated, packaged, and sent to the Colby Chemistry Lab for analysis.
Alfredo Fettuccini1600 - 1650
2008: Art Fraud Activity 2008: Art Fraud Activity
You suspect that the caretaker, Ebenezer Wheezingeezer, stole the real painting and replaced it with a fake. You will investigate the pigments used in the paintings and then look for clues on the paintings themselves. The Waterville Museum of Old Weird Art has granted you special permission to handle these rare paintings. The police are standing by, awaiting your judgment.
The case of the missing masterpiece
Ebenezer Wheezingeezer1950 - ????
Experiment 1:
Absorbance spectra of the following pigments:
Pigment from the “Masterpiece” Ebenezer found
Pigment from a modern painting
Pigment found on the floor of the museum
Pigment from a preserved brush of Fettuccini
Pigment stain found on Ebenezer’s overalls
The case of the missing masterpiece
Experiment 2:
Chemical reactivity of the pigments:
pH
Reaction with aspirin
Reaction with potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)
The case of the missing masterpiece
Tests for Fe
Experiment 3:
Examination for possible restoration:
Fluorescent paint detected with UV light
The case of the missing masterpiece