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A color mixer for mixed color education and its outreach activities

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A simple kit called “Color Mixer” was developed to easily understand the principle of reproducing colors while enjoying making a teaching device using three LEDs. The composition of the kit, its outreach activity and its educational effect will be presented.

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This work was supported by “FY2016 MEXT Private University Research Branding Project”.

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  1. Tokyo Polytechnic University, 1583 Iiyama, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243-0297, Japan

    S. Nakadate, Y. Tokuyama, Y. Kume, M. Shibuya, J. Chen, Y. Azuma & T. Moriyama

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Nakadate, S., Tokuyama, Y., Kume, Y. et al. A color mixer for mixed color education and its outreach activities. Opt Rev 26, 478–486 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-019-00534-2

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