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Arbor Scientific RGB LED Flashlights

RGB LED Flashlights

Item #92-9560
$29.95 Bundle Discount

Demonstrate additive color mixing with three colored light sources

The RGB LED Flashlight Set gives teachers a simple, visual way to demonstrate additive color mixing at the front of the class. Aim the red, green, and blue beams onto a white surface in different combinations, and students see the results directly: red and green produce yellow, red and blue produce magenta, green and blue produce cyan, and all three together produce white. No software, no projector setup — just three flashlights and a wall.

Each aluminum alloy flashlight runs on one AA battery (included) and has a zoomable head, so the beam can be narrowed to a tight spot for clean overlaps or widened to fill more of the projection surface. Operation is single-mode on/off only, so there's no fumbling through strobe settings mid-demo. At 200 lumens each, the beams show color mixing clearly, even in a partially lit room.

Why Teachers Love It

  • No Setup Required – Point and aim at any white surface. There's no calibration, no alignment, and no equipment to assemble before class.

  • Zoomable Beam for Precise Overlaps – The adjustable head lets you control the beam width, keeping overlapping colors clean and easy for students to read from their seats.

  • Immediate Correction of the Paint Mixing Misconception – Students who expect red and green to produce brown are immediately corrected when yellow appears on the wall. The demo settles the additive vs. subtractive color confusion faster than any verbal explanation.

Product Details

What You Can Teach with the RGB LED Flashlight Set

Grades 3–5 (Upper Elementary)

  • Red, green, and blue as the primary colors of light (additive primaries)
  • Combining all three colors of light to produce white
  • Why light mixing produces different results than paint or crayon mixing
  • Observing complementary color pairs: red + green = yellow, red + blue = magenta, green + blue = cyan

Grades 6–8 (Middle School)

  • Additive color mixing (RGB) versus subtractive color mixing (CMY pigments)
  • Wavelength ranges for visible red (620–625 nm), green (525–530 nm), and blue (460–470 nm) light
  • The visible spectrum as a subset of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • How color perception in the eye relates to cone cell sensitivity to red, green, and blue wavelengths

High School Physics

  • Quantitative wavelength and frequency calculations for each primary color
  • Comparing measured LED output wavelengths to spectral predictions
  • Intensity superposition: why overlapping beams add rather than subtract
  • Connection to RGB color models in photography, display technology, and stage lighting

Products being sold are not toys. They are for Educational / Laboratory use only. They are not for use by children 12 and under.

Product Specifications

Specs:

Material: Aluminum alloy

Size: 3.5 x 0.9 in / 9 x 2 cm (length x diameter, each flashlight)

Weight: 58 g / 0.13 lb (each flashlight)

Output: 200 lumens (each flashlight)

Beam distance: 150 yards

Bulb type: 3535 LED

Red LED wavelength: 620–625 nm

Green LED wavelength: 525–530 nm

Blue LED wavelength: 460–470 nm

Power Source: 1 x AA battery per flashlight (batteries included)

Modes: Single mode (on/off only)

What's Included:

1 x Red LED flashlight

1 x Green LED flashlight

1 x Blue LED flashlight

3 x AA Batteries

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