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?
o (arrow range of electromagnetic energ! from the sun and artificial light sources
o Wavelengths from approimatel! )** nanometers to +** nanometers
o &ome colors can be created b! a single, pure wavelength
o ,ost colors are the result of a miture of wavelengths.
). What does -O./012 stand for?
-ed
Orange
.ellow
/reen
0lue
1ndigo
2iolet
LIGHT:
3. What are the primar! colors of light 4additive5?
Also corresponds to print 4pigment5 secondaries
-ed, 0lue, /reen
,ied together the! form white
6. What are the secondar! colors of light?
Also corresponds to print primaries
&it between each of the light primaries
7ave a complementar! light primar!
18* degrees across the circle
+. What do !ou get when !ou mi the three primar! colors of light together?
9:ual mitures of primar! colors produce the secondar! colors
8. #abel the following color model for the correct additive colors 4light5.

;. Other light colors can be created b!<
=igments
1*. What devices use the light 4additive5 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. 7ow is color created from pigments?
,aterials contain atoms which are capable of selectivel! absorbing one or more
fre:uencies of light the color of an object is determined b! what color or colors of light
are subtracted from the original set. The process is shown b! diagram.
1". Wh! do we a !ellow banana?
%rimar! colors
1'. What are the primar! colors of pigment 4subtractive5?
Also corresponds to light secondaries
,agenta, !ellow, c!an
,ied together the! form blac>
1). What are the secondar! colors of pigment 4subtractive5?
Also corresponds to light primaries
13. What do we get when we mi the primar! colors of pigment?
16. What devices use the subtractive colors to reproduce color?
1+. #abel the following color model with the correct colors for %igment.

Model Primary
colors
Secondary
colors
Color when
all mied
!ther name "sed in what
de#ices
Li$ht
Pi$ment
HSV:
18. What does 7&2 stand for?
1;. ?efine hue.
"*. ?efine saturation
"1. ?efine value.
"". ?raw the 7&2 model for color.
"'. ,a>e a slice of the 7&2 model in paint.
"). ?o the 7&2 number activit! in paint?
%G&:
"3. What does -/0 stand for?
"6. Wh! are colors in the -/0 model brighter?
"+. What is ")$bit color?
"8. What are the -/0 call values for the following primar! and secondar! colors<
-ed -@ /@ 0@ C!an -@ /@ 0@
0lue -@ /@ 0@ ,agenta -@ /@ 0@
/reen -@ /@ 0@ .ellow -@ /@ 0@
White -@ /@ 0@ 0lac> -@ /@ 0@
";. ?o the Clemson, A(C activit!.
CM'(:
'*. What does C,.B stand for?
'1. Wh! do we add the color blac> 4B5 to printer cartridges?
'1. Wh! are the colors in C,.B muted?
'". Which color model should !ou use when !ou are creating a document to be
printed? Wh!?
''. 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!?
'). Can !ou convert documents bac> to -/0 once !ou have converted it to C,.B?
'3. What are complementar! colors?
'6. What is a color gamut?
'+. ?o the ,ap activities.
'8. ?o the (C population activit!.
'+. 7ow do the following colors affect emotion?
-ed<
?> 0lue<
#ight 0lue
Cool /reen
White
0lac>
/ra!
0rown
.ellow
/old
Orange
%urple
%in>
%astels
,etallic
'8. What are three hints to remember when using color?
1.
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';. ?o logo in paint
Color ,!
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