Mysterious chemical changes color depending on perspective

Ғылым және технология

Here is a crazy chemical that changes color depending on how it's viewed! I was first introduced to the effect when a friend showed me a hard to believe video that was posted by reddit user budget_cuts (thanks Zach for the tip!). In the video he shows a chemical that dramatically changes color depending on the perspective. He didn't say what chemical was used in the video, but I had to witness this effect in person, so I started reading and experimenting to try figuring it out.
original reddit post: / a_solution_we_made_in_...
The crazy effect is mainly due to a phenomenon called dichromatism that shows up in some substances where the color (hue) changes depending on the thickness or concentration of the solution. Surprisingly it wasn't untill 2007 that this effect was described in comprehensive scientific detail. (paper on the effect link.springer.com/article/10.... )
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  • @styropyro
    @styropyro5 жыл бұрын

    first lololol also discord: discord.gg/hVZMcWT

  • @havoc987

    @havoc987

    5 жыл бұрын

    hahahahaahhahhahahhahaha so funnynyy

  • @ronniebrummett4995

    @ronniebrummett4995

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice lmao

  • @ronniebrummett4995

    @ronniebrummett4995

    5 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos bro.

  • @yloiron

    @yloiron

    5 жыл бұрын

    styropyro I just saw this article where they use lasers to achieve this : Mini antimatter accelerator could rival the likes of the Large Hadron Collider

  • @hifiuniversalmusic8537

    @hifiuniversalmusic8537

    5 жыл бұрын

    hay styro check this out you nor i could find anything on the internet about dark laser technology but I found it in an app and made a video about it.could you check it out and possibly explain this in your next video.(thanks hifi) :link:⬇⬇ m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/ept9mNStiLeWXbQ.html

  • @timg2727
    @timg27275 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are refreshingly unpolished and old-school, and I mean that sincerely. Never change.

  • @fredthespear4923

    @fredthespear4923

    4 жыл бұрын

    timg2727 yes

  • @SOLIDSNAKE.

    @SOLIDSNAKE.

    3 жыл бұрын

    For real. I love it so much

  • @benc1449
    @benc14495 жыл бұрын

    can you make a laser with it tho?

  • @styropyro

    @styropyro

    5 жыл бұрын

    you can make anything a laser if you pump it hard enough

  • @xXNoBody120Xx

    @xXNoBody120Xx

    5 жыл бұрын

    You know what to do then.

  • @fgvcosmic6752

    @fgvcosmic6752

    5 жыл бұрын

    styropyro WAIT! COLOUR CHANGING LASER! MAKE LASER ROTATE ABOUT A SPHERE OF THE LIQUID AND IT CHANGES COLOUR

  • @Artemis-zl5cs

    @Artemis-zl5cs

    5 жыл бұрын

    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @GLITCH_-.-

    @GLITCH_-.-

    5 жыл бұрын

    If that is true, styro, make a blood-laser

  • @chillbass7788
    @chillbass77885 жыл бұрын

    It looks like you just turned water into wine.

  • @styropyro

    @styropyro

    5 жыл бұрын

    i should start a religion

  • @chillbass7788

    @chillbass7788

    5 жыл бұрын

    styropyro do it. 😂

  • @willtrautman6243

    @willtrautman6243

    5 жыл бұрын

    styropyro All hail StyrusPyrus

  • @andrewwilliams1857

    @andrewwilliams1857

    5 жыл бұрын

    "You can make a religion out of thi- DON'T!"

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    @tiagotralhao-smith3883

    5 жыл бұрын

    Chill Bass ooooh

  • @netme187
    @netme1875 жыл бұрын

    You should do an anarchist cook book truth vs lies series

  • @ambermayo8237

    @ambermayo8237

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe on Bitchute rather than KZread.

  • @mamupelu565

    @mamupelu565

    3 жыл бұрын

    that comment didnt age well, now the world is totalitarian

  • @netme187

    @netme187

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mamupelu565 I mean I'd still like to see it

  • @brick14

    @brick14

    Жыл бұрын

    mmm bananadine

  • @jfidel3943
    @jfidel39434 жыл бұрын

    styropyro: *Uses picture from wikipedia* teachers around the world: *anger*

  • @beam4547
    @beam45475 жыл бұрын

    It’s always a good day when styropyro uploads!

  • @TheDude1980

    @TheDude1980

    5 жыл бұрын

    M1cksta05 - I agree, just wish he had time to do more!

  • @snowkit6453

    @snowkit6453

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @willemschipper7736
    @willemschipper77365 жыл бұрын

    You can buy pumkin seed oil in Austria, it's kind of a local thing there. It's especially nice if you pour it onto some vanilla ice cream and the effects make it look a lot cooler. Edit: on wikipedia it said it's a national dish in a lot of former Austro-Hungarian countries, not only Austria, my apologies

  • @stanXXVI
    @stanXXVI5 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Styropyro: How can I make this about lasers?

  • @mcpeteymcnustard7777
    @mcpeteymcnustard77775 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been watching your videos for a couple days now and I’m ADDICTED MAN I binge watch your videos any time I can now man. Love your vids

  • @timothychuang2693
    @timothychuang26935 жыл бұрын

    Saw you on a Bloomberg video. You deserve more attention for your awesome science and educational work! Keep it up!

  • @terawattyear
    @terawattyear3 жыл бұрын

    What an excellent set of deductions and then such a great analysis and explanation of what you had seen. And a very interesting subject to cover too!

  • @GodOfPizza
    @GodOfPizza5 жыл бұрын

    the simulation is glitching, the textures are messing up. Call the admins!

  • @ilovelularoe122

    @ilovelularoe122

    5 жыл бұрын

    Allan please add details

  • @azuila

    @azuila

    4 жыл бұрын

    you were banned for hack

  • @chillbass7788
    @chillbass77885 жыл бұрын

    Saw this on Instagram. Glad you got around to making a video.

  • @siresparky2917
    @siresparky29175 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome video. Thanks for spending time making these for us.

  • @zephaudi
    @zephaudi5 жыл бұрын

    lmao "i couldn't tell you where to find pumpkin seed oil."

  • @skiddadleskadoodle7907
    @skiddadleskadoodle79075 жыл бұрын

    8 drops of hydrocholic acid disliked this video

  • @Name-eg1uf

    @Name-eg1uf

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hydrocholic? You mean hydrochloric

  • @AlienVale

    @AlienVale

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Name-eg1uf No shit. What else could they be talking about?

  • @AlienVale

    @AlienVale

    4 жыл бұрын

    @butter. Thanks butter

  • @azuila

    @azuila

    4 жыл бұрын

    paper

  • @michaelperrone3867
    @michaelperrone38675 жыл бұрын

    You can get quite strong dichromatism from red to green by mixing blue and yellow food coloring at the right concentration. I noticed this sort of effect years back when I was a kid: it was with that brand of food coloring that came in four little droplet-shaped cointainers in blue, yellow, green and red... I wish I could remember the brand of food coloring though.

  • @IsaacWilee
    @IsaacWilee5 жыл бұрын

    Seen you on Motherboard, awesome channel and your attitude is wonderful. You are helping countless people get interested in our world. Keep up the great work.

  • @benlogic8592
    @benlogic85925 жыл бұрын

    Amazing work styro! Your channel is a testament to your ingenuity and awesome work I hope to see more!!

  • @Joe-xq3zu
    @Joe-xq3zu5 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos, you manage to make them both entertaining and educational

  • @Abe-
    @Abe-5 жыл бұрын

    Like this video a lot! Very interesting. Might try putting a rug on the floor or something on the walls to dampen the echo of your garage but it didn’t take away from the content for me. Just some ideas to help, hope your channel explodes!

  • @cjfitness
    @cjfitness5 жыл бұрын

    Your channel is amazing! Keep up the good work

  • @kforbes5588
    @kforbes55885 жыл бұрын

    You deserve so much more subscribers. Such an interesting and addictive channel to view.

  • @TheBrett1890
    @TheBrett18905 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad you're still uploading!

  • @hariba1872
    @hariba18725 жыл бұрын

    This is what youtube needs ive never seen any videos like the ones you post keep it up most original channel ive seen in a while

  • @natia.7585
    @natia.75855 жыл бұрын

    Dude, I love your content. Don’t ever give up in your channel.

  • @awakeningtotheuniverse7154
    @awakeningtotheuniverse71545 жыл бұрын

    Dude I just learned about this channel from motherboard and I'm so in love with this. I wish you and Cody from Cody's lab would do a special video together. He's in Utah but hey flights can be cheap. :) Please think about it.

  • @jjbasic3041
    @jjbasic30415 жыл бұрын

    Yay you didn't get another strike!!! 😀 Btw can you do more old science book

  • @praherah
    @praherah5 жыл бұрын

    So cool! Thanks for explaining and showing it to us! :D

  • @mkfmgaming3019
    @mkfmgaming30195 жыл бұрын

    Saw your video on motherboard, I love your content keep it up

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore5 жыл бұрын

    You need a lab area to film. The garage echoes too much.

  • @HelamanGile

    @HelamanGile

    5 жыл бұрын

    electronicsNmore he doesn't make any money on KZread hell have to be donated one

  • @somon90

    @somon90

    5 жыл бұрын

    He could just put up some acoustic foam to solve that.

  • @7XHARDER

    @7XHARDER

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@somon90 You could just donate those acoustics foam pads to solve that.

  • @kryptic1995

    @kryptic1995

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@7XHARDER lmao

  • @TheSwaroopB

    @TheSwaroopB

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or use a lav mic whenever possible.

  • @samo1.060
    @samo1.0605 жыл бұрын

    Who needs a good background when u have a rusty leader and a dirty wall

  • @waldolemmer

    @waldolemmer

    3 жыл бұрын

    *ladder

  • @poprocket1050
    @poprocket10505 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos man keep up the great work✌

  • @samhoff1724
    @samhoff17245 жыл бұрын

    more chemistry videos please! I also can't wait to see the laser sniper if your still working on that one!

  • @gangstreG123
    @gangstreG1235 жыл бұрын

    Styro good video! Can you invest in a lav mic for better audio?

  • @ghineacatalin9948
    @ghineacatalin99485 жыл бұрын

    Even though I don’t enjoy chemistry,your videos are really fun to watch. :)

  • @bomber321
    @bomber3215 жыл бұрын

    I didn't even get notified that this video was uploaded. But thank you!

  • @CedricAda
    @CedricAda5 жыл бұрын

    Happy to see another video!

  • @SebWilkes
    @SebWilkes5 жыл бұрын

    I don't normally comment but this was a really cool, well made video! Honestly really impressed, thanks! :D

  • @nettobin
    @nettobin5 жыл бұрын

    Omg ty so much for explaining this. I had no idea

  • @hahalol1157
    @hahalol11575 жыл бұрын

    Keep doing what youre doing bro!!!! Goodluck in the future

  • @zh84
    @zh84 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! Very informative.

  • @Butterbros-cr2rq
    @Butterbros-cr2rq5 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on 500k!

  • @reginaldbutcha4844
    @reginaldbutcha48445 жыл бұрын

    I've only watched two of your videos, but holy shit good sir I subscribed at the speed of light

  • @Jengis369
    @Jengis3695 жыл бұрын

    Just watched your spot on Motherboard! Totally subscribed keep doing your science.

  • @khalifag1842
    @khalifag18425 жыл бұрын

    Every time I watch your videos I feel smarter

  • @valentinlopez5629
    @valentinlopez56295 жыл бұрын

    You should try to make a EXTREMELY narrow but wide lazer, like a room scanner.

  • @trumanhw
    @trumanhw4 жыл бұрын

    *probably the coolest video you've ever done. Truly*

  • @germxxx
    @germxxx4 жыл бұрын

    This guy is the mastermind of comedy it feels like

  • @HeaanLasai
    @HeaanLasai5 жыл бұрын

    With the risk of sounding like Betty Boo; you're my hero! This video really bothered me, and you solved it. Thanks!

  • @pedromata3931
    @pedromata39315 жыл бұрын

    I love how passionate you are

  • @calyodelphi124
    @calyodelphi1245 жыл бұрын

    Man I am such a sucker for chemistry stuff. Would love to see more like it.

  • @thewingedpotato6463
    @thewingedpotato64635 жыл бұрын

    Have you made any progress on your "explosive powered laser"? I remember you bringing it up a long time ago but can't remember when.

  • @wa20143
    @wa201435 жыл бұрын

    i have absolutely no idea what you are talking about... but im still subbed and watch every video lol

  • @ChicagoPilotProductions
    @ChicagoPilotProductions5 жыл бұрын

    Hey man congrats on the interview with Vice News! Hopefully it shows KZread your channel in a better light and will stop censoring you. Keep up the good work 😎

  • @TheOriginalDeckBoy
    @TheOriginalDeckBoy5 жыл бұрын

    I just saw your Motherboard interview and subscribed immediately... you sir are a little legend...

  • @PiercingSight
    @PiercingSight5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for finding the real answer! I saw so many bologna hypotheses in those threads.

  • @ghostzofficial2786
    @ghostzofficial27865 жыл бұрын

    Hey Styropyro, I have a question about your Homebuilt bazooka, how many volts and amps are running through? Also are you using AC or DC? Just curious, wanting to know what makes it work since its 400 watts ik

  • @jhyland87
    @jhyland875 жыл бұрын

    Where did you get your bromophenol blue? I can only seem to find it in solution already. I would prefer the powdered form like what you used

  • @pooowater
    @pooowater2 жыл бұрын

    You get a similar result with a potassium ferricyanide aqueous solution with an excess of potassium iodide and some sulfuric acid. The mixture looks yellow from above but red from the side.

  • @AzamatSlowedAndReverb
    @AzamatSlowedAndReverb2 жыл бұрын

    I have no clue if you will see this comment but I recently came across a youtube video of a vintage advertisement that was showcasing a toy lazer called the Plazer Ray. If you can get your hands on one to see the technology that is within it and perhaps Jerry rig it to make it actually as depicted in the commercial that would be so legendary and awesome. Thanks Styropyro.

  • @pranavkharwar125
    @pranavkharwar1255 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos keep it coming

  • @jhazelton1930
    @jhazelton19305 жыл бұрын

    Tanzanite(blue/amber) Chrysoberyl(Red/Green) AT&T Laser crystals(Red-orange-purple/Green-olive) and some amber (bluish/brownish) And something from Jamaca which is (Lemon/Kelly Green in second refractions) do that in a solid you could wear in a precious metal ring if you like.. Do you know that in a light green light source, rubies are still red?

  • @jamesforgie6594
    @jamesforgie65945 жыл бұрын

    Yay, chemistry and physics! I love this channel.

  • @TheMatthewDMerrill
    @TheMatthewDMerrill5 жыл бұрын

    New sub from motherboard here, love you stuff already

  • @SinanAkkoyun
    @SinanAkkoyun2 жыл бұрын

    Here I have 3 lasers: a *yellow* one a _skyblue_ one I lost my mind at that moment

  • @grlmmlewis7983
    @grlmmlewis79834 жыл бұрын

    Could have been polarization as well just a filter on the glass and a filter on the lense but idk maybe even a polarization of the light itself

  • @zer0b0t
    @zer0b0t5 жыл бұрын

    I think I have seen that effect before, I don't remember well from where but it could be from nail polish remover the one that is pink, so basically acetone.

  • @GreanePin
    @GreanePin5 жыл бұрын

    You're fucking brilliant. I respect your knowledge and appreciation of physics and my love, chemistry

  • @runeleichtlund1438
    @runeleichtlund14385 жыл бұрын

    Dear styropyro Which laser housing should I use for a diode that is 3,8 mm wide?

  • @nummr6282
    @nummr62825 жыл бұрын

    Just seen Motherboards piece on you. I'm a fan now. Thank you !!!

  • @knezivan1
    @knezivan15 жыл бұрын

    As you said blue florescent and daylight bulb make a huge differeance and in the video he uses both to trick your eyes its red when the camera is pointing to the yelow light and when he doges for the blue color he poits the camera up where there is a white florescent light

  • @fredlllll
    @fredlllll5 жыл бұрын

    i wonder if this would also work with a square or rectangular container with sharp edges. like an aquarium but smaller. because atm it mostly looks like its only happening on curved surfaces. and the effect also looks a lot like refraction

  • @novano1d
    @novano1d5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

  • @bobtheblob1668
    @bobtheblob16685 жыл бұрын

    the effect shown by the fluid is iridescence. ir·i·des·cent adjective showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.

  • @Bouzsi
    @Bouzsi5 жыл бұрын

    Would the dichromatic effect persist if the volume were uniform throughout? For instance, if the liquid were in a container that's, say, 20cm³, would the color still change if the light were traveling the same distance to get through the liquid to our point of perspective? I'm not sure if I'm asking this correctly, but my thinking is that different amounts (wavelengths? I'm not very good at the terminology...) of light being absorbed or making it through to our eyes/to the camera is causing a shift in the color. Does any of what I'm saying make any sense?

  • @noahlawson966
    @noahlawson9665 жыл бұрын

    Is it possible ti make a lasser so bright that u can see it when its on vantablack surface?Thx

  • @ThunderChunky101
    @ThunderChunky1014 жыл бұрын

    This is why labs that use bromothymol indicator should have horizontal parallel sun-blinds, not vertical. Sunlight has a strong effect and in direct sunlight it'll look red rather than blue.

  • @chocopie251
    @chocopie2515 жыл бұрын

    cant get pumpkin seed oil but has some random chemical, love it

  • @siveange127
    @siveange1275 жыл бұрын

    Good to see that you keep posting. Keep up the good work!

  • @kultjiin
    @kultjiin5 жыл бұрын

    Is the effect the same if you fill up the glass to a height equal to the diameter or is it then red from all sides as more blue light gets absorbed from top to bottom

  • @HelamanGile
    @HelamanGile5 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos so so much

  • @joshreynolds8417
    @joshreynolds84175 жыл бұрын

    try putting it in a round bottom flask, see if its different

  • @wesselsi3791
    @wesselsi37912 жыл бұрын

    Hello Drake, is this solution safe to put in an airtight plastic ball? it would be a cool thing to have

  • @tristanstraka5413
    @tristanstraka54135 жыл бұрын

    can you please do acoustic treatment to that room? It is hard to understand much if what you say due to the echoes.

  • @slimshadow49
    @slimshadow495 жыл бұрын

    Remember titrations from when I took chemistry three years ago. Fun subject.

  • @XavierXonora
    @XavierXonora3 жыл бұрын

    If I'm interpreting this correctly, this is similar to the phenomenon that makes the sky blue during the day and reddish at dawn and dusk, although I think it's due to scattering not absorption of light

  • @randallhall9670
    @randallhall96704 жыл бұрын

    spent glowsticks also have this effect...the yellow ones are blue/light yellow, and the green ones are orange and green.

  • @duarte_1333
    @duarte_13335 жыл бұрын

    Nice video btw your Motherboard video was awesome!

  • @Bouzsi
    @Bouzsi5 жыл бұрын

    Also, for those complaining about the audio- sure, it wasn't _perfect_, but it wasn't _impossible_ to hear any of it, like some of you are saying... Try turning it up? This type of video is always what he has made, and it's better this way, honestly. It's unpolished, unadulterated. Its not heavily edited and none of it "gets lost in translation". Please don't change the format of your videos to the lab setting with a voiceover, like most of the others do. This is your personal style, and it works. Keep up the great work!

  • @Alexander-oh8ry
    @Alexander-oh8ry5 жыл бұрын

    Its the same with a large cup of black tea. At the border its yellowisch but the deeper you look inside, the redder the hue gets,aswell as darker

  • @breakfast2093
    @breakfast20935 жыл бұрын

    We just used Bromothymol blue in our bio class. That’s dope

  • @ryanleayman801
    @ryanleayman8015 жыл бұрын

    Rick Simpson oil has this same effect. When viewing with plain light it looks dark green, but when a light is shined directly into the liquid, it appears amber red.

  • @slamdvw
    @slamdvw5 жыл бұрын

    Dumb question: would it still show the same colors if it was in a cylinder vs a flask? ie: same amount ( roughly ) of distance for the light to go through?

  • @markdoolan2527
    @markdoolan25275 жыл бұрын

    The first thing that shot threw my mind was it was a chiral compound and that this effect was somehow linked to chirality ....

  • @sms7048
    @sms70485 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a DIY laser video where you create a laser that is not harmful to the eyes like a laser pointer, but one that you can see the beam in mid air unlike a laser pointer? Is this even possible? Thanks

  • @travispetersen5674
    @travispetersen56745 жыл бұрын

    So I'm very interested in lasers and would like to know about them where do I find some basic knowledge of them?

  • @kadenlarson9992
    @kadenlarson99925 жыл бұрын

    what if you have another dichromatic substance in a nonpolar solvent and mixed it with the bromophenol blue solution?

  • @3zhay
    @3zhay5 жыл бұрын

    i didn't even see this when it came out glad i saw it today.

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