P5/6 Make Newton’s Discs

A Newton’s disc is a disc with segments in rainbow colours. When the disc is rotated, the colours fade to white; in this way Isaac Newton demonstrated that white light is a combination of the seven different colours in the rainbow. A Newton’s disc can be created by painting a disc with the seven different colours of the rainbow.
by Harry

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