Making Sense of Spectra

This Spectrum Tool will help you connect the visual color display of a light source's spectrum—like the color image you see in a spectroscope—with a graph of the light’s spectrum.

Draw a Spectrum Part 2: Draw and Reflect

Spectrum Tool. Draw a spectrum that matches the graph shown in your Spectrum Notebook.

Spectrum Notebook.

  1. Optional: Paste a screenshot of your drawing into your Spectrum Notebook.
  2. Answer the questions in your Notebook about the spectrum you drew.
Source:
 
Brightness
Full-intensity spectrum backgroundTransparency increases or decreases based on chart intensity, hiding or revealing the background
Left axis ticks
Click here to draw
Spectrum intensity vs wavelength chart, drawn by the user
Bottom axis ticks
Wavelength (Microns)
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