Nature of Light: Subtractive and Additive Color Mixing Terms
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