🎨 Creative Learning

How the sun draws a sun print

Lay a leaf on coloured paper and set it in strong sun. The invisible UV light bleaches the paper around the leaf — and when you lift the leaf, the silhouette stays behind in full colour.

The silhouette stays — the sun drew the picture
Coloured paper = full of colour
UV light from the sun bleaches
The leaf shades the light
UV
invisible light in the sun that fades colour
a few hours
to a whole day in strong sun
silhouette
where the leaf lay, the paper keeps its colour