Mixing Light Colors: Is There a Theory?

martinbandung · Jan 26, 2017

the problem is
the purple object will seem to be black if the object is illuminated by what color of light?

i want to know if there is a theory that discuss about this, or the mixing of light color.
Thank you for your help

Student100 · Jan 26, 2017

martinbandung said:

the problem is
the purple object will seem to be black if the object is illuminated by what color of light?

i want to know if there is a theory that discuss about this, or the mixing of light color.
Thank you for your help

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtractive_color
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color

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