Light & Color

1. Light & Color

2. Red and ____ give white. Cyan Magenta and _____ give white. Green What two other colors add together to give white? Yellowand Blue

3. A cyan shirt absorbs _____. And it reflects green and blue so it looks cyan. red A magenta shirt absorbs _____. green And it reflects red and blue so it looks magenta.

4. Sinceredandcyanequalswhite…. White take away red is _______. Cyan Seawater absorbs _____ and _________. red infrared Since white take away red is cyan, seawater looks ______. cyan

5. White light is shined on a red shirt, what color do you see? R G Red B Red: reflector Green: keep Blue: keep * Since red hits eyes, it looks red!

6. White light is shined on a blue shirt, what color do you see? R Blue G B Red: keeper Green: keeper Blue: reflector

7. A filter will only let its own color through. R G B B R R G B

8. Example: 1 If light is shined through a blue filter and shines on a banana, what color will it appear? R G BLACK B B R ~> Reflector G ~> Reflector B ~> Keep

9. If light is shined through a red filter and shines on a banana, what color will it appear? R R Red G B Green: reflector Red: reflector Blue: keeper

10. If white light is shined through a green filter and then a yellow filter and hits a white shirt, what color will it be? R G G G Green B If Red: reflector If Green: reflector If Blue: reflector