Different frequencies of “visible light” COLOR What is it? Different frequencies of “visible light”
Mystery Shadows
Color Mixing with Light (Color Addition) Magenta RED R + B BLUE R + B + G White R + G B + G Yellow Cyan GREEN
Red and Blue are polarized vertically, and Green is polarized horizontally.
Orientation of Light We will represent light by simply looking at the electric field… even though the magnetic field is still present
Vertical Orientation
Horizontal Orientation
Polarized Light ≡ Light that is of all the SAME orientation Polarization Polarized Light ≡ Light that is of all the SAME orientation
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D C A B
What color is each light can producing? B C A Green What color is each light can producing? Blue Red DRAW IT!!! http://www.exo.net/~pauld/summer_institute/summer_day6color/color_shadow_2.gif
What Temperature do these seem?
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So, objects appear the color they are because… The objects only reflect particular frequencies (colors) of light
WHITE
RED
GREEN
BLUE
CYAN
MAGENTA
YELLOW
Color Mixing with Pigment (Color Subtraction) Reflects Green / Blue Absorbs RED Reflects Blue / Red Absorbs GREEN What colors would appear when mixed? Reflects Green / Red Absorbs BLUE
Color SUBTRACTION (pigments) Color ADDITION (light) RGB CMYK
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Retinal Fatigue
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