Color Part Lecture SciVis 1

1. What is color?
Light waves produce a range of visible energy that forms all the colors the human eye can
see by adding/mixing the three primary colors of light: Red green and blue !R"#$.
%. What are the two models of color?
1. Light&'dditive
%. (igment & )ubtractive
*. What are the wave lengths of visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum?
Wavelengths from approximately +,, nanometers to -,, nanometers
+. What does R./"#01 stand for?
Red
.range
/ellow
"reen
#lue
0ndigo
1iolet
LIGHT:
2. What are the primary colors of light !additive$?
Red #lue "reen
3. What are the secondary colors of light?
/ellow 4agenta 5yan
-. What do you get when you mix the three primary colors of light together?
White
6. Label the following color model for the correct additive colors !light$.
Red green cyan magenta yellow white

7. .ther light colors can be created by:
8ne9ual mixtures of light
1,. What devices use the light !additive$ color process?
5omputer :isplays ;elevision
PIGMENT:
11. <ow is color created from pigments?
4aterials contain atoms which are capable of selectively absorbing one or more
fre9uencies of light.
1%. Why do we a yellow banana?
0t absorbs blue light
1*. What are the primary colors of pigment !subtractive$?
4agenta 5yan /ellow
1+. What are the secondary colors of pigment !subtractive$?
Red "reen #lue
12. What do we get when we mix the primary colors of pigment?
#lac=
13. What devices use the subtractive colors to reproduce color?
(rinters
1-. Label the following color model with the correct colors for (igment.
/ellow 5yan 4agenta Red #lue "reen

Model Primary
colors
Secondary
colors
Color when
all mied
!ther name "sed in what
de#ices
Li$ht %ed &lue
Green
'ellow
Ma$enta
Cyan
(hite )dditi#e T#
Pi$ment 'ellow Cyan
Ma$enta
%ed &lue
Green
&lac* Su+tracti#e ,rinter
HSV:
16. What does <)1 stand for?
<ue )aturation 1alue
17. :efine hue.
:ominant saturation
%,. :efine saturation
:ominance of hue in a color
%1. :efine value.
Light or dar=
%%. :raw the <)1 model for color.
%*. 4a=e a slice of the <)1 model in paint.
%+. :o the <)1 number activity in paint?
%G&:
%2. What does R"# stand for?
Red blue green
%3. Why are colors in the R"# model brighter?
;hey are transitive
%-. What is %+&bit color?
%23 1ariants
%6. What are the R"# call values for the following primary and secondary colors:
Red R> %22 "> , #> , 5yan R> %22 "> %22 #> ,
#lue R> , "> , #> %22 4agenta R> %22 "> , #> %22
"reen R> , "> %22 #> , /ellow R> , "> %22 #> %22
White R> %22 "> %22 #> %22 #lac= R> , "> , #>,
%7. :o the 5lemson 8?5 activity.
CM'-:
*,. What does 54/@ stand for?
5yan 4agenta /ellow #lue
*1. Why do we add the color blac= !@$ to printer cartridges?
;o compensate for impurity
*1. Why are the colors in 54/@ muted?
;he nature of reflected light
*%. Which color model should you use when you are creating a document to be
printed? Why?
5my= because that is what printers use
**. Which color model should you use when you are creating documents to be
published on the internet or used in a power point proAect? Why?
R"# it loo=s better
*+. 5an you convert documents bac= to R"# once you have converted it to 54/@?
?o
*2. What are complementary colors?
% colors opposite each other
*3. What is a color gamut?
' system used to specify ranges
*-. :o the 4ap activities.
*6. :o the ?5 population activity.
*-. <ow do the following colors affect emotion?
Red:
:= #lue:
Light #lue
5ool "reen
White: pure clean honest
#lac=: serious heavy death
"ray: integrity neutral cool mature
#rown: wholesome organic unpretentious
/ellow: emotional positive caution
"old: conservative stable elegant
.range: emotional positive organic
(urple: youthful contemporary royal
(in=: youthful feminine warm
(astels: youthful soft feminine sensitive
4etallic: elegant lasting wealthy
*6. What are three hints to remember when using color?
1. 8se colors that are close together
%. 'void pure blue
*. 'void adAustments colors that differ only in the amount of blue
*7. :o logo in paint
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