Water's Color II

Blue is a one of a kind color. However, there is a whole rainbow of other colors out there. Technically speaking, there is an infinite number of colors. Light is a spectrum, and only a small part of this spectrum (wavelengths between 390 - 750 nanometers) can be seen with the eye. Having bought a pack of food coloring containing blue, but also green, red and yellow colors, I just could not resist myself from expanding my water's color project.

Let me first give another shout out to my girl The Container Store. I was able to get these amazing (at least in the eyes of a pack rat -- thanks Dad) acrylic boxes in varying shapes and sizes. While I was at it, I figured I would make two rainbows. So I bought two different petite boxes, 7 of each. As for the colors, I had 4 already taken care of, as denoted by the capitols: RoYGBiv. This left me needing to concoct orange, indigo and violet. Orange was pretty straight forward. Indigo and violet were a little harder, particularly in deducing the ambiguity between the two. I discovered that indigo is purple with a tinge of blue, while violet is purple with a tinge of red. As far as I was concerned, a  'tinge' meant a fraction of a drop of food coloring.

Without further ado (more like I-do, or Idid), Rainbow I:

Rainbow II:

And the whole family of water's color:

I hope you found this project enjoyable, educational and inspirational.


Until next time, all the best,
-PabLowe