Chapter 27 Color

Question 1

Additive primary colors

Answer 1

The three colors - red, blue, and green - that, when added in certain proportions, produce any other color in the visible-light part of the electromagnetic spectrum and can be mixed equally to produce white light.

Question 2

Complementary colors

Answer 2

Any two colors that, when added, produce white light.

Question 3

Subtractive primary colors

Answer 3

The three colors of absorbing pigments - magenta, yellow, and cyan - that, when mixed in certain proportions, reflect any other color in the visible-light part of the electromagnetic spectrum.