Nature of Light: Subtractive and Additive Color Mixing Terms

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Color Filter

A material that allows only certain colors of light to pass/transmit through them and absorbs or reflects all other colors.

Pigment

A substance that gives color to an object and absorbs a portion of the visible spectrum.

What color is produced when all of the primary colors of subtractive color mixing are mixed?

Black

What are the primary colors of subtractive color mixing?

Cyan, yellow, and magenta

What are the primary colors of additive color mixing?

Red, green, and blue

Additive Color Mixing

The process of producing color by adding (combining) color lights together to make new colors.

Subtractive Color Mixing

The process of producing color by subtracting (absorbing) colors or wavelengths from white light.

Color

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

Reflect

To hit a surface of an opaque object & bounce back.

Absorb

To take in certain wavelengths of white light.

What color is produced when all of the primary colors of additive color mixing are mixed?

White


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