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Lighten up. It's the ""Light and Color"" episode. Without light, we wouldn't be able to see. It would be like living in a room with no windows, doors, or lamps. There's an old saying, ""We don't see things; we see light bouncing off of things."" We see things, and colors, when light bounces off things and into our eyes. White light, like the light from the Sun, is made up of all the different colors of light blended together. When white light hits something white, almost all of the light bounces into our eyes, and we see the color white. Things are different colors because some light bounces off and other light gets absorbed. An orange is orange because it absorbs all different colors of light except orange light. Grass is green because it absorbs all different colors of light except green light. Bill Nye's lab coat is blue because it absorbs all different colors of light except blue light. All colors, including black, are made in the same way. It's just a matter of ref

Writing:
  • Adam Gross
  • Seth Gross
  • Bill Nye

Stars:
Release Date: 1993-09-10
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5
Metacritic: 8.0/10
TMDb: 7.2/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 26

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Flight
Episode 1 - Flight
Earth's Crust
Episode 2 - Earth's Crust
Dinosaurs
Episode 3 - Dinosaurs
Skin
Episode 4 - Skin
Buoyancy
Episode 5 - Buoyancy
Gravity
Episode 6 - Gravity
Digestion
Episode 7 - Digestion
Phases of Matter
Episode 8 - Phases of Matter
Biodiversity
Episode 9 - Biodiversity
Simple Machines
Episode 10 - Simple Machines
The Moon
Episode 11 - The Moon
Sound
Episode 12 - Sound
Garbage
Episode 13 - Garbage
Structures
Episode 14 - Structures
Earth's Seasons
Episode 15 - Earth's Seasons
Light & Color
Episode 16 - Light & Color
Cells
Episode 17 - Cells
Electricity
Episode 18 - Electricity
Outer Space
Episode 19 - Outer Space
Eyeball
Episode 20 - Eyeball