The lights, color filters, and black acrylic panels I ordered came in on Tuesday.
I found some old plywood with some shapes removed on a laser cutter and set it up at an angle in a cardboard box. I added the strip lights behind the plywood and recorded the projection results in terms of clearness and distance from the base of the cut out panel. I also recorded how the different color filters interacted with a white cardstock background, a dark green cardstock background, a black construction paper background, and a tan cardboard background.
Result: most saturated color, clear shapes but overlapping. The projected shapes were 0-2″ from the base of the panel, so they didn’t extend past the panel and the goal is not achieved.
Result: saturated color, less defined shapes. The projections were 1-4″ from the base of the panel, so still not far enough out.
Result: slightly less saturated color, shapes defined but more overlapping copies. The projections were 1-5″ from the base of the panel, so its getting closer to the goal.
Result: color much less saturated, shapes defined but more spread out/ overlapping. The projections were 1-8″ from the base of the panel, so it meets the distance goal.
Color/ Background Testing:
I really like the look of the colors on black construction paper. I’m interested to see what it looks like with different levels of reflectivity.