Videos about the chemistry of color typically only scratch the surface of how electromagnetic radiation creates the beautiful rainbows of the world around us. But this Reactions video by the American Chemical Society dives deep to the science underneath, exploring the relationship between energy, electrons and color. Because color is chemistry, and chemistry is color.
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