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Colors of Light Found in Visible Spectrum

The document discusses the visible light spectrum and color mixing. It notes that the visible spectrum ranges from 400-700 nanometers and includes red, green, and blue as the primary colors at 700nm, 550nm, and 450nm respectively. Secondary colors are produced by combining two primary colors: yellow from red and green, cyan from blue and green, and magenta from blue and red. Color addition and subtraction rules are provided for mixing colors.

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Colors of Light Found in Visible Spectrum

The document discusses the visible light spectrum and color mixing. It notes that the visible spectrum ranges from 400-700 nanometers and includes red, green, and blue as the primary colors at 700nm, 550nm, and 450nm respectively. Secondary colors are produced by combining two primary colors: yellow from red and green, cyan from blue and green, and magenta from blue and red. Color addition and subtraction rules are provided for mixing colors.

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Colors of light found in Visible Spectrum

Visible Spectrum

Visible Spectrum

Visible Spectrum- a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum where the visible light is
found, the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that affect the human sense of sight.
Visible light includes all those radiation having wavelength ranging from 400-700 mu
( complex boardism) 

COLOR
1) Primary Colors                                                Approximate Wavelength

-Red (Longest Wavelength)                                                                                 700 mu

-Blue                                                                                                                     450 mu

-Green                                                                                                                  550 mu           

2) Complementary Colors

-Magenta ( Shortest Wavelength)                                                                        400 mu

-Cyan                                                                                                                    500 mu

-Yellow                                                                                                                  590 mu

3) Neutral Colors

-Gray

-White

-Black

COLOR MIXING

1. Color Addition

R+B+G=W
                R+B=M                        M+Y=W

                R+G=Y                         M+C=W

                B+G=C                         Y+C=W
2. Color Subtraction

W-R=C        W-C=R               C-G=B

W-B=Y         W-Y=B               Y-G=R

W-G=M       W-M=G              Y-R=G

Colors of light found in Visible Spectrum


Primary and Secondary Colors

Primary and Secondary Colors

      The three primary colors in light are red, green and blue. white light can be made by mixing
red, blue and green. The process of making colors by mixing primary colors of light is called
addition, because one color is added together.
   

       Colors made by combining two primary colors are called secondary colors. They are yellow
( Red and green) cyan ( blue and green) and magenta ( Blue and Red). When the primary colors
are mixed in different proportions any color at all can be produced.

        Painted objects do not produce their own light, they reflect light, when objects look red
because it is reflecting only red light to our eyes. To do this, it absorbed the other primary colors
in the white light is reflecting. It absorbed green and blue and reflects red.

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