Color Part Lecture SciVis 1

1. What is color?
Color is a function of light and represents one portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
White light contains the full spectrum of color. Objects absorb some wavelengths of light
and reflect others. The color we perceive is the wavelength of light, which is reflected. As
an eample, a red ball absorbs all the colors of the spectrum ecept red, which it reflects.
Our e!es and brain process the light and we perceive a color.
". What are the two models of color?
1. #ight $ Additive
". %igment $ &ubtractive
'. What are the wave lengths of visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum?
(arrow range of electromagnetic energ! from the sun and artificial light sources
Wavelengths from approimatel! )** nanometers to +** nanometers
). What does ,O-./01 stand for?
,ed
Orange
-ellow
.reen
/lue
0ndigo
1iolet
LIGHT: white light
2. What are the primar! colors of light 3additive4?
a. ,ed, /lue, .reen
5. What are the secondar! colors of light?
A. -ellow, 6agenta, C!an
+. What do !ou get when !ou mi the three primar! colors of light together?
A. White
7. #abel the following color model for the correct additive colors 3light4.

8. Other light colors can be created b!9
:ne;ual mitures of light
.reen
/lue
,ed
C!an
6agenta
-ellow
White
1*. What devices use the light 3additive4 color process?
Computer displa!s produce color b! using electron guns and colored phosphors. A
t!pical computer displa! has three electron guns $$ red, green, and blue
PIGMENT:
11. <ow is color created from pigments?
the color of an object is determined b! what color or colors of light are subtracted from
the original set.
1". Wh! do we a !ellow banana?
,eflects off the sun
1'. What are the primar! colors of pigment 3subtractive4?
a. 6agenta, !ellow, c!an
1). What are the secondar! colors of pigment 3subtractive4?
Also corresponds to light primaries
12. What do we get when we mi the primar! colors of pigment?
Color blac=
15. What devices use the subtractive colors to reproduce color?
%rinters, maga>ines, boo=s, papers, posters
1+. #abel the following color model with the correct colors for %igment.

Model Primary
colors
Secodary
colors
Color whe
all mi!ed
"ther ame #sed i what
de$ices
Light
Pigmet
HSV:
17. What does <&1 stand for?
/lue
,ed
.reen
/lac=
<ue, &aturation, and values
18. ?efine hue.$ <ue is determined b! the dominant wavelength
"*. ?efine saturation$ &aturation refers to the dominance of hue in the color
"1. ?efine value.$ 1alue9<ow light or dar= a color is
"". ?raw the <&1 model for color.

"'. 6a=e a slice of the <&1 model in paint.
"). ?o the <&1 number activit! in paint?
,./
"2. What does ,./ stand for?
,ed, .reen, /lue
"5. Wh! are colors in the ,./ model brighter?
"+. the color spectrum is much larger for ,./, when files are converted from ,./ to
C6-@, colors in the ,./ spectrum that are outside of the C6-@ spectrum loo=
dirt! and muted.
"7. What is ")$bit color?
the use of a ")$bit color depth to displa! an ,./ image.
"8. What are the ,./ call values for the following primar! and secondar! colors9
,ed ,A red .Agreen /Ablue C!an ,Ared .Agreen
/Ablac=
/lue ,A red .Agreen /Ablue 6agenta ,Ared .Agreen
/Ablac=
.reen ,A red .A green /Ablue -ellow ,Ared .Agreen /A
White ,A red .A green /Ablue /lac= ,Ared .Agreen /A
'*. ?o the Clemson, :(C activit!.
CM%&:
'1. What does C6-@ stand for? a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is
also used to describe the printing process itself. CMYK refers to the four inks used in
some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black.
c!an, magenta, !ellow, blac=
'". Wh! do we add the color blac= 3@4 to printer cartridges?
object absorbs 3subtracts4 all the light illuminating it, no light is reflected bac= to the
viewer, and it appears blac=.
'1. Wh! are the colors in C6-@ muted?
colors in the ,./ spectrum that are outside of the C6-@ spectrum loo= dirt! and muted
'". Which color model should !ou use when !ou are creating a document to be
printed? Wh!? /lac= because it onl! has word s on it and no pictures that are
important.
''. Which color model should !ou use when !ou are creating documents to be
published on the internet or used in a power point project? Wh!?
Color because it needs to attract the person who is loo=ing at the presentation to get
interested and not bored.
'). Can !ou convert documents bac= to ,./ once !ou have converted it to C6-@?
the conversion of C6-@ to an! ,./ isnBt recommended,
but in !our case itBs perhaps not bad, because !ouBll
have then the same printing wor=flow for all %?Cs.
'2. What are complementar! colors?
Colors that complement each other
'5. What is a color gamut?
pure red can be epressed in the ,./ color space, it cannot be epressed in the
C6-@ color spaceD pure red is out of gamut in the C6-@ color space. A device that
is able to reproduce the entire visible color space is an unreali>ed goal within the
engineering of color displa!s and printing processes.
'+. ?o the 6ap activities.
'7. ?o the (C population activit!.
'+. <ow do the following colors affect emotion?
,ed9 danger, stop, negative, ecitement, hot
?= /lue9 stable, calming, trust worth!, mature
#ight /lue9 !outhful, masculine
Cool .reen9 growth, positive, organic, go, comforting
White9 pure, clean, and honest
/lac=9 serious, heav!, death
.ra!9 integrit!, neutral, cool, mature
/rown9 wholesome, organic, and unpretentious
-ellow9 emotional, positive, caution
.old9 conservative, stable, elegant
Orange9 $ emotional, positive, organic
%urple9 !outhful, contemporar!, ro!al
%in=9 !outhful, feminine, warm
%astels9 !outhful, soft, feminine, sensitive
6etallic9 elegant, lasting, wealth!
'7. What are three hints to remember when using color?
1. White
". /lac=
'. .ra!
'8. ?o logo in paint
Color 6!
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