PHO-2022 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Subtractive Color, Additive Color, Digital Image
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Photography can reproduce and match any color we can see in the spectrum by using different amounts of only three specific hues. Any color in the spectrum can be matched with a specific mix of three primary colors used in today"s digital sensors, television sets, and computer monitors. The additive color system includes red, green, and blue. Mixed at full strength, they produce white light. The subtractive color system includes cyan, magenta, and yellow; used in color films and printing. Mixed together at full strength, they produce black. Mixed at varying proportions, they can produce any color in the spectrum. These colors absorb red, green, and blue, subtracting them from white light. A color photograph begins as three super-imposed black and white images. The colors in a photograph are not identical to the colors of the subject, they can only fool the eye. Hue is how we most often identify a color.
