What is color?
- The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the objects reflects or emits light.
- One, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow.
White light
- The reflection of all wavelengths of visible electromagnetic radiation.
Visible spectrum
- Light waves that fall within wavelengths that the human eye is capable of seeing.
- microwaves, UV rays, gamma rays, X rays, sound waves, radio- outside the visible spectrum
Electromagnetic spectrum
Additive colors
- red
- green
- blue
Subtractive colors
- yellow
- magenta
- cyan
Combining subtractive colors
- combining any two subtractive creates an additive color
- magenta+yellow=red
- cyan+yellow=green
- magenta+cyan=blue
- combining all subtractive colors eliminates color creating neutral density
- magenta+yellow+cyan=gray
Compliment colors
- as additive and subtractive color that combine to create neutral density
- red+cyan=neutral density
- green+magenta=neutral density
- blue+yellow=neutral
Compliment colors acrynoms
R(ed)
C(ar)
B(lue)
Y(ellow)
G(reen)
M(agenta)
Color combination
