Liquid Colours In Motion

Liquid Colours In Motion
Video: https://youtu.be/YxlTE78d1ug
A kinetic art project
designed by Stefan Kneip
This is part one of a Tripthychon of pictures dealing with motion and it is called "Liquid Colours In Motion".
It consists of a moving wheel of glass tubes filled with coloured liquids. It is in the style of the bhaskara wheel. The outer wheel is driven by a planetary gear.
Description
The main part is a big wheel with 12 arms. On each end a test tube with cap is mounted. Inside the test tubes are different coloured liquids. A planetary gear system is turning the main wheel and so the test tubes around the center. By this very slow rotation the liquids are flowing inside the tubes and produce a nice shiny effect. The picture is illuminated by LED strips inside the frame.

In Part one of this installation I used the main colours cyan, magenta and yellow and the corresponding mixing colours (purple, orange and green). Each colour is populating two test tubes to fulfill