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    Subtractive color mixing means that one begins with white and ends with black. Additive color mixing involves the addition of spectral components (light) additive primary colors of light green RGB color of computer monitors, television, and (approximately) human vision Yellow red Magenta Blue.

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    Subtractive color mixing means that one begins with white and ends with black. Additive color mixing involves the addition of spectral components (light) additive primary colors of light green RGB color of computer monitors, television, and (approximately) human vision Yellow red Magenta Blue.

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    Subtractive color mixing means that one begins with white and ends with black. Additive color mixing involves the addition of spectral components (light) additive primary colors of light green RGB color of computer monitors, television, and (approximately) human vision Yellow red Magenta Blue.

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    Color Theory

    Color Methods
    When painting, an artist has a variety of paints

    to choose from, and mixed colors are achieved through the subtractive color method. When a designer is utilizing the computer to generate digital media, colors are achieved with the additive color method.

    Primary colors
    Irreducible components of color Combinations of the 3 primaries produce entire (infinite) spectrum of color

    LIGHT

    OPAQUE PIGMENTS

    TRANSPARENT PIGMENTS/INKS

    Subtractive Color
    Subtractive Color. When we mix colors using paint, or

    through the printing process, we are using the subtractive color method. Subtractive color mixing means that one begins with white and ends with black; as one adds color, the result gets darker and tends to black. The CMYK color system is the color system used for printing. Those colors used in paintingan example of the subtractive color method.

    SUBTRACTIVE primary colors of pigments

    SUBTRACTIVE mixture involves the absorption (or subtraction) of spectral components (pigments and dyes)

    SUBTRACTIVE primary colors of OPAQUE PIGMENTS

    Yellow

    Orange

    Green

    Red Violet

    Blue

    SUBTRACTIVE primary colors of TRANSPARENT PIGMENTS/INKS

    CMYK color of printing Yellow

    Red

    Green

    Magenta Blue

    Cyan

    CMYK
    Reproducing color can be problematic with regard to

    printed digital media, because what we see is not what we get. Although a monitor may be able to display 'true color' (16,000,000 colors), millions of these colors are outside of the spectrum available to printers. Working within the CMYK color system, or choosing colors from Pantone palettes insures proper color rendering.

    Additive Color
    Additive Color. If we are working on a

    computer, the colors we see on the screen are created with light using the additive color method. Additive color mixing begins with black and ends with white; as more color is added, the result is lighter and tends to white.

    ADDITIVE primary colors of LIGHT

    Green

    RGB color of computer monitors, television, and (approximately) human vision

    Yellow

    Cyan

    Red

    Magenta Blue

    ADDITIVE mixture involves the addition of spectral components (light)

    A computer monitor pixel is composed of 3 subpixels (each a tiny transistor) with red, green, and blue filters. Through the careful control and variation of the voltage applied, the intensity of each subpixel can range over 256 levels (black =0, white=255). Combining the subpixels produces a possible palette of 16.8 million colors (256 shades of red x 256 shades of green x 256 shades of blue).

    RGB
    The RGB colors are light primaries and colors are

    created with light. Percentages of red, green, & blue light are used to generate color on a computer screen.

    Photoshop RGB and CMYK Color Sliders

    Electronic (RGB) and Pigment Based Color(CMYK)


    (CMYK) When use pigments, you add differing amounts of paint to create color. The more pigment you add, the darker your color usually becomes. 0% pigment is white, at 100% pigment (or you have mixed together pigments that absorb every wavelength of visible light) you have black. (RGB) A LCD screen starts out black; light is added to the screen in differing amounts to create color. The more light from the red, green, and blue phosphors that is added, the brighter and lighter the screen becomes. Therefore, when you have 0% intensity of red, green, and blue the screen is black and when you have 100% intensity of the red, green,

    RGB vs CMYK
    RGB: colors of computer monitors; colors appear brighter, more vibrant CMYK: colors of transparent inks in 4 process printing; many RGB colors, cannot be printed in CMYK inks. Orthodoxy: RGB images must be converted to CMYK prior to 4-process printing. Work in CMYK for printing.

    RGB

    CMYK

    Additive & Subtractive colors are COMPLEMENTARY

    C
    Additive

    R
    B M
    Subtractiv e

    Yellow

    Primary

    Red

    Blue

    Subtractive primary colors (pigments)

    Yellow

    Secondary

    Orange

    Green

    Red

    Blue

    Violet

    Yellow

    Tertiary
    Yellow-orange Yellow-green

    Orange

    Green

    Red-orange

    Blue-green

    Red

    Blue

    Red-violet Violet

    Blue-violet

    Yellow Yellow-orange Yellow-green

    Orange

    Green

    Red-orange

    Color Wheel

    Blue-green

    Red

    Blue

    Red-violet Violet

    Blue-violet

    Rules of Harmony

    Monochromatic

    Analogous

    Complementary

    Split complementary

    Analogous complementary

    Double complementary tetradic

    Triadic

    Tetradic

    Yellow

    Hue

    Orange

    Green

    Red

    Blue

    Violet

    Saturation

    white

    Brightness

    black

    Hue, saturation, brightness spectrum

    http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/10.0/WSAAFD9CC8-831E-4593-8694-B39919F72A26.html

    Temperature

    Warm

    Cool

    Warm and cool colors

    http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm

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