Changing Colors with Waves

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Changing Colors with Waves

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Last edited Oct 9, 2025

Created on Sep 19, 2019

A grid of colored circles animates in a wave-like pattern, shifting between red and blue based on their size. The canvas rendering shows 40 by 30 circles, where each circle’s horizontal position and radius oscillate with sine and cosine functions over time. The code uses the Canvas API’s `getContext('2d')`, `beginPath`, `arc`, and `fill` methods, with `requestAnimationFrame` driving the continuous animation. Colors change dynamically: circles larger than a threshold appear blue, while smaller ones turn red, creating a pulsing, color-shifting visual effect.

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A grid of moving and colored circles.

From "Mathematical Patterns" tutorial given at MIT on July 28, 2013.

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