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The Nature of Color (1946)

1946 · Short film · 9 min

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This 1946 color film “The Nature of Color” by Coronet explores the basics of the physics of color. Coronet produced and distributed many documentary shorts, mostly on 19mm, which were widely shown in American public schools from the 1940s to the 1980s. The educational collaborator for “The Nature of Color” was Dr. Ira M. Freeman, who also wrote multiple physics textbooks. The film begins with vintage footage of a rainbow (0:29-0:35). Various color temperatures of sunlight are shown behind…

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