Color

• Visible light is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum you can see.

ROY G. BV

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Violet

• White objects appear white because all colors of light are being reflected.

• Black objects appear black because all colors of light are being absorbed.

• When you see blue it’s because all the colors except blue are absorbed…blue is reflected back to your eye.

• Red, Green and Blue are the primary colors of light. When you mixed these, they produce white.

• Pigment- colored material that absorbs some colors and reflect others.

• The primary colors of pigments are magenta, cyan and yellow. When you mixed these pigments, they produce black.

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• Color blindness-

The inability to distinguish between certain colors.