Secondary colors in the additive color mixing system are the
primary colors in the subtractive color system
What are the primary colors in the subtractive system?
Yellow, cyan and magenta
Blue is complementary to
yellow
Result of mixing a color with its complementary is
achromatic (colorless)
What is hue?
quality to distinguish one color family from another
What determines hue?
Reflected wavelength
What is chroma?
Quality of color, intensity
What is value?
quality to distinguish a light color from a dark one
Colors with low value numbers are termed
dark colors
What is the most imp dimension of color?
Value
What is the Vita recommended sequence to shade matching?
Hue range of teeth lies in the
yellow-red to red portion
Value range of teeth is toward the
lighter portion
Chroma range of teeth is toward the
lowers portion
What is metamerism?
Phenomenon when color of 2 objects appears to match under one light source but not another
What is opalescence?
Optical property of a material due to scattered light. Gives bluish appearance under light
Best operatory illumination is provided by
all-luminous ceilings and open perimeter lighting
Rods of eyes detect
lightness and darkness (value)
Cones perceive the
chromatic aspects (hue and chroma)
What is the ideal background for color matching?
Light gray
Negative afterimage occurs because of fatigue of the
cone receptors
How should pt be positioned?
Uprights at operators eye level, not supine
How should the tooth condition be?
What distance should the operator be?
18 inches. 3 to 6 ft for value