Hydrogen Emission Spectrum

Poster - Light

The Hydrogen Emission Spectrum is a series of spectral lines produced when hydrogen gas absorbs and releases energy in the form of light. The spectrum consists of several series, including the Balmer series, which is the only series of hydrogen's emissions in the visible light spectrum.

These specific emission colors are unique to hydrogen and reveal the discrete energy transitions of its electrons and the quantized nature of electron movement.

Answering the question: "How do atoms create light?" by using Hydrogen, the most abundant element, as an example. I set out to combine the separated "map" and "graph" approaches to representing this data into one hybrid form.

Gradient Process

Testing gradients by using non-empirical emission colors to find the right balance between fusion and contrast.

Gradient Process

Electron Probability Distribution