Color Part Lecture SciVis 1

1. What is color?
Color is a function of light and represents one portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum.
2. What are the two models of color?
1. Light- Additive
2. Pigment- Subtractive
3. What are the wave lengths of visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum?
39 to ! nm
4. What does ROY!"# stand for?
Red
Orange
Yellow
reen
!lue
"ndigo
#iolet
L"#$%&
$. What are the primar% colors of light &additive'?
'ed
(lue
#reen
(. What are the secondar% colors of light?
)*ual mi+tures of primar, colors produce the secondar, colors.
). What do %ou get when %ou mi* the three primar% colors of light together?
%he color -hite.
+. ,abel the following color model for the correct additive colors &light'.

-. Other light colors can be created b%.
/ .ne*ual mi+tures of light
10. What devices use the light &additive' color process?
Computer
P"#/)0%&
R12
W3"41
561746
8Y67
Y1,,OW
R117
!,91
11. 3ow is color created from pigments?
%he color of an ob1ect is determined b, 2hat color or colors of light are
subtracted from the original set.
12. Wh% do we a %ellow banana?
Pigment colors ma3e it ,ello2.
13. What are the primar% colors of pigment &subtractive'?
/agenta
4ello2
C,an
14. What are the secondar% colors of pigment &subtractive'?
/agenta
4ello2
C,an
1$. What do we get when we mi* the primar% colors of pigment?
(lue
#reen
'ed
(lac3
1(. What devices use the subtractive colors to reproduce color?
Printers
(oo3s
Papers
Posters
(rochures
/aga5ines
1). ,abel the following color model with the correct colors for :igment.

/odel Primar,
colors
Secondar,
colors
Color 2hen
all mi+ed
6ther name .sed in 2hat
devices
Light 'ed
#reen
(lue
/agenta
C,an
4ello2
-hite Additive Computers
8Y67
Y1,,OW
R117
!,68;
R12
!,91
561746
Pigment /agenta
C,an
4ello2
'ed
#reen
(lue
(lac3 Subtractive Printers
$SV&
1+. What does 3<# stand for?
$ue
Saturation
Value
1-. 2efine hue.
$ue is determined b, the dominate 2avelength
20. 2efine saturation
Saturation refers to the dominance of hue in the color
21. 2efine value.
$o2 light or dar3 a color is
22. 2raw the 3<# model for color.
23. 5a=e a slice of the 3<# model in paint.
24. 2o the 3<# number activit% in paint?
'#(& red7 green7 blue
2$. What does R! stand for?
'ed
#reen
(lue
2(. Wh% are colors in the R! model brighter?
"t uses transmitted light 2hile the C/48 model uses reflected light
2). What is 24>bit color?
9:; variations for each of the additive colors of red7 green7 and blue.
2+. What are the R! call values for the following primar% and secondar% colors.
Red R? 9:: ? !? 8%an R? ? 9:: !? 9::
!lue R? ? !? 9:: 5agenta R? 9:: ? !? 9::
reen R? ? 9:: !? Yellow R? 9:: ? 9:: !?
White R? 9:: ? 9:: !? 9:: !lac= R? ? !?
2-. 2o the 8lemson@ 978 activit%.
C/48&
30. What does 85Y; stand for?
C,an
/agenta
4ello2
(lac3
31. Wh% do we add the color blac= &;' to printer cartridges?
%o ma3e up for impurit, because C4/8 produces mudd, bro2n.
31. Wh% are the colors in 85Y; muted?
<emonstrates the limitation of printing in3s and the nature of reflected light.
32. Which color model should %ou use when %ou are creating a document to be
printed? Wh%?
C4/8 because it uses secondar, colors
32. Which color model should %ou use when %ou are creating documents to be
published on the internet or used in a power point proAect? Wh%?
'(# because it uses primar, colors
34. 8an %ou convert documents bac= to R! once %ou have converted it to 85Y;?
4es.
3$. What are complementar% colors?
Colors directl, opposite each other in the color spectrum7 such as red and
green or blue and orange7 that 2hen combined in the right proportions7
produce 2hite light.
3(. What is a color gamut?
Certain complete subset of colors
3). 2o the 5ap activities.
3+. 2o the 78 population activit%.
3). 3ow do the following colors affect emotion?
Red. danger7 stop7 negative7 e+citement7 hot
2ar= !lue. stable7 calming7 trust2orth,7 mature
,ight !lue ,outhful7 masculine
8ool reen gro2th7 positive7 organic7 go7 comforting
White pure7 clean7 honest
!lac= serious7 heav,7 death
ra% integrit,7 neutral7 cool7 mature
!rown 2holesome7 organic7 unpretentious
Yellow emotional7 positive7 caution
old conservative7 stable7 elegant
Orange emotional7 positive7 caution
:urple ,outhful7 contemporar,7 ro,al
:in= ,outhful7 feminine7 2arm
:astels ,outhful7 soft7 feminine7 sensitive
5etallic elegant7 lasting7 2ealth,
3+. What are three hints to remember when using color?
1. "t is difficult to focus upon edges created b, color alone
2. 6pponent colors go 2ell together
3. =or color-deficient observers7 avoid single color distinctions
3-. 2o logo in paint
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