Read the hints on the first page and imagine that light of the color indicated i

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Read the hints on the first page and imagine that light of the color indicated in the left column is shining on the pigments in the right column. What color will you see? Incoming Light Shining on Pigments blue light rightarrow cyan + magenta pigments looks _____ yellow light rightarrow cyan pigment looks ____ red light rightarrow magenta + yellow pigments looks _____ green light rightarrow yellow + magenta pigments looks magenta light rightarrow red pigment looks _____ cyan light rightarrow magenta pigment looks_____

Explanation / Answer

For subtractive color analysis, we use cyan, magneta and yellow as primary colors. Here cyan kills red, magenta kills green and yellow kills blue.

a) When blue is shining on cyan and magenta it leaves blue as it is as there is no yellow in it.

Ans: Blue

b) Yellow kills the blue -- red+green

we have cyan pigments that kills red by leaving green.

Ans: Green

c) Neither M nor Y kills red so it will just left.

Ans: red

d) Magenta kills green so nothing left on the surface so it appears as black.

ans: Black

e) A red pigment (mixture of M and Y pigments) kills Blue and Green. Magenta light is Red + Blue, so only Red light survives

f) Cyan light has green and blue as it kills red. Now magenta kills green so only blue remains.

ans: Blue

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