Nature of color

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December 17, 2021
Nature of Color
1 Give a thorough explanation of both additive and subtractive color mixing.
Additive and Subtractive Color mixing are two types of color mixing. Conversely, Additive color mixing creates another color by changing the resulting wavelength that reaches our eyes. Specifically, such a process happens when one set of wavelengths is mixed with another, thereby making the resulting wavelength unique and distinct in our own eyes compared to when they were single individual wavelengths. In contrast to pigments, lights in the Spectral Transmission Charts create the primary colors of Green, Red, and Blue, which may produce other colors through the addition of other wavelengths.
In contrast to this, subtractive color mixing happens by removing a specific wavelength of light within an existing combination of wavelengths that creates the perception of a different color. In this process, various wavelengths from one spectrum are absorbed from a source of light, which is why pigments like Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta are considered primary colors in the Spectral Transmission Charts. For example, in White paints, all the wavelengths of light are reflected to our eyes, showing White color. However, when we mix another color, the new color tends to remove some of the reflected wavelengths of light that have a corresponding color perceived in our brains. Since there is a deletion of one wavelength, our brains will perceive the subtractive color mixing as creating a distinct color.
2 Give a thorough explanation of color and 3D vision, including the eye and the brain.
As our minds perceive it, color refers to the actual mixture of wavelength that reaches our eyes and is perceived by our brains. The color that we perceive is based on wavelengths of light lies with the visible spectrum of light (380 to 750 nanometers). On the one hand, purely monochromatic colors have a single wavelength. This is what our minds usually process when seeing pure green or orange colors. On the other hand, Polychromatic colors have multiple wavelengths of light. This is why green or orange might appear with a different hue than expected.
In contrast, 3D vision is achieved with our eye's depth perception coupled with cortical analysis. 3D vision happens when both of our eyes focus on one thing, and the brain analyzes the differences between them, thereby giving it 'depth.'
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