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Mixing pigments is subtractive. Mixing light is additive. Let's take the primary pigments, red, blue and yellow. Red pigment is red because the chemical it is made of absorbs (subtracts) blue and yellow light that falls on it and reflects only red light to your eye. Similarly, blue pigment is blue because it absorbs red and yellow light and reflects only blue.
So when you mix the three primary pigments together, you produce something that absorbs all of the light falling on it in equal amounts and reflects nothing to your eye. Thus, it appears black.
In contrast, when you mix only red and blue light, there isn't any yellow in it, so the resulting light appears purple (the complement of yellow). Likewise, if you mix red and yellow light it appears orange (the complement of blue). If you mix all three colors of light together (in equal amounts), the resulting light appears white because it contains all of the "colors" of the spectrum. This explanation is sound, although greatly simplified.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoIf an object appears blue (it has a blue pigment), it's because the object is reflecting blue light (which reaches your eyes) and absorbing the other colors of light (and thus they do not reach your eyes). The same applies to any object of any color: the color you see is the color it reflects.
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∙ 9y agoSome pigments are more resistant to light than others. Watercolours are best viewed in dim light, or colours will fade in long exposure to bright sunlight. Framed prints of pictures sold cheaply for hanging on a wall at home, often turn bluish in time as less resistant colours fade, leaving the more resistant blues.
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∙ 14y agoThey reflect their color and absorb all the others.
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∙ 11y agoPigments reflect one color and absorb all the others.
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Why do chloroplasts have a range of pigments?
Different pigments respond to different wavelengths of visible light.
When all colors combine you get?
we will get black color when all the primary colors(RGB)* combine. * R-red; G-green; B-blue the combination of these primary colors in different proportions gives the different shades of colors. when all these colors combine we will get black. Depends on what you are mixing. :-) If you are mixing colored light, then mixing all colors gets you white. If you are mixing paint, it depends on the proportions, but if all are equal, you get black.
How does it benefit a plant to have Multiple pigments?
different pigments have different wavelengths of light which it can absorb... so helps to increase the range of wavelengths of light that can be absorbed... also helps to avoid photo oxidation of the main plant pigment..
What compounds do many algae have to help them absorb light at different wavelenghts?
accessory pigments.
Do plants have adaptations that maximise light absorbsion?
One of the main adaptions is the range of pigments that absorb the light in plants. From the standard P680 and P700 pigments ( named for the absorption spectrum, in nanometers, they pick up in ) in the two photosystems to many different pigments in the array of pigments surrounding the reaction center. These pigments absorb light outside the red and blue range and they become visible when the leaves of plants turn colors in the fall.
How is mixing pigment different from mixing light?
mixing pigments is subtractive and mixing light is additive
What is the result of color when you combine the roygbiv?
If you are talking about Light then you will get White light. If you are mixing pigments then you will get Black.
Why do different pigments have different colors?
Different pigments absorb light of different wavelengths.
What is the difference between mixing colored lights and mixing pigments?
biggest difference is that in light- the primary colors are red blue and green. Whereas in paint pigments its red blue and yellow
What color that result from mixing red and blue?
Mixing red and blue pigments makes a purple color. Mixing red and blue light, on the other hand, gives you magenta.
What is the difference between primary pigments and primary colors?
Primary pigments (magenta, cyan and yellow) are produced when the primary colors of light (red, blue and green) are added through color addition (process of mixing lights). Primary pigments are complementary of the primary colors so they are different.
The process of mixing various pigments together to create different colors is called?
color subtraction
Why do chloroplasts have a range of pigments?
Different pigments respond to different wavelengths of visible light.
Color that results from mixing red and yellow pigments?
orange pigments
Explain why mixing colors of light is called color addition but mixing pigments is called color subtraction?
Well I'm not sure about the color addition part, I have that same questin, but mixing pigments is called color subtraction because more color is absorbed and taken away then reflected and transmitted.
When all colors combine you get?
we will get black color when all the primary colors(RGB)* combine. * R-red; G-green; B-blue the combination of these primary colors in different proportions gives the different shades of colors. when all these colors combine we will get black. Depends on what you are mixing. :-) If you are mixing colored light, then mixing all colors gets you white. If you are mixing paint, it depends on the proportions, but if all are equal, you get black.
What is the result of mixing cyan and yellow pigments?
Green.
