Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1903 — The Wonders of Color. [ARTICLE]

The Wonders of Color.

A small and simple experiment can. be tried by any reader which will go far to convince him or her what a debt we owe to color and what a good thing it is we have sunlight, which enables our eyes to take advantage of the beautiful hues of nature. Make a room quite dark and then burn some carbonate of soda In the flame of a bunsen gas burner. It will burn with an orange yellow light sufficiently strong to illuminate everything in the room, but you will realize with a sudden shock that, bright though the light is, all distinctions of color have vanished. Only light and shade remain. A crimson carnation, a blue violet, a red tablecloth, a yellow blind—all look gray or black or white. The faces of those present look positively repulsive, for all natural color has disappeared. No other experiment will so well con- • vlnce those who have witnessed it how great a loss would be that of our sense for color.