Understanding Color Theory Basics
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Newton
About 200 years ago, Isaac Newton achieved
decompose white light into colors by
middle of a triangular prism,
Color, according to Sir Isaac Newton,
denominating the colors spectrums.
it is a sensation that occurs
in response to a stimulus
Spectrum colors:rojo•amarillo•verde•azul
nervous eye, caused by
cian•azul oscuro•púrpura
a wavelength of light.
The human eye interprets colors
different depending on the
longitudinal distances.
Color produces many
sensations, feelings
different states of mind, we
transmits messages, expresses us
values, situations and without
embargo...it no longer exists beyond
our visual perception.
Color theory
Newton
He made an observation that gave
place to the following principle: all
the opaque bodies when being
illuminated reflect all or part
of the components of light
what they receive.
Therefore, when we see a
red surface, really
we are looking at a surface of
a material that contains a
pigment that absorbs all
the electromagnetic waves that On the left, the color wheel designed by Sir Isaac
contains the white light with Newton in 1666. On the right, his appearance with the nuances
valued.
exception of the red one, which to
being reflected, is captured by the
human eye and decoded by
the brain as the color
called red.
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Young
The physicist contrary to what I do Thus, logically in practice
Newton reconstituted the colors a color of green light plus a
using flashlights, which when being red light will give a color
projected the 6 colors of the brighter: yellow.
spectrum obtained white light.
To understand this phenomenon
physical, of various intense colors
-therefore dark- we must
remember that we talked about
colors of light.
Green Yellow Red
So, we can establish
that if we put a color of light,
juxtaposed with another color of
light, the result will be a color
brighter luminosity.
Light colors
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Young
A valuable contribution from this physicist was that in his recomposition of light, he determined
also that the 6 colors could be reduced to 3 basic ones of the same spectrum.
That is to say, he discovered that with 3 spectrum colors - green, red, and dark blue - he could
recompose white light. And he observed that by mixing the 3 colors in pairs
spectra, obtained the remaining 3 colors -cyan blue, yellow, and purple-. Therefore,
Define what the primary colors of the spectrum are and the secondary ones.
Primary light colors Secondary light colors
red
yellow purple 2 Red light + green light = yellow
Green light + blue light = cyan blue
Blue light + red light = purple 2
green blue
cyan blue
Purple 2: the color purple
respond to a carmine red
magenta call in graphic arts
Color Theory
Absorption and reflection
All bodies are made up of
substances that absorb and reflect the
electromagnetic waves, that is,
absorb and reflect colors.
When a body appears white it is
because it receives all the basic colors
of the spectrum (red, green, and blue) the
reflected returns, thus generating the
mixture of the three colors, white.
If the object looks black it is because
absorbs all radiations
electromagnetic (all colors) and
does not reflect any.
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Additive and subtractive synthesis
Problem:It is understood then that for
emulate the colors we see in
intense colors are used in our environment,
dark colors that when mixed give colors
Additive Synthesis
clearer and when combined all results in the
white that symbolizes light.
But we cannot paint with
light. We cannot create light colors of
the mixture of dark colors.
On the other hand, we cannot move away from
the spectral colors if we want to emulate
the colors light of our environment.
Solution:Our primary colors are Subtractive Synthesis
the secondary characters, and the secondary characters are the
primaries.
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Light, color, pigment
Primary pigment colors How pigments are painted
In subtractive synthesis to obtain the
secondary green pigment mixed
cyan blue and yellow. Regarding the
light colors blue absorbs red and the
yellow absorbs blue. The only one that
both reflect is the green, obtained from
blue and red.
Secondary pigment colors
How light paints
In additive synthesis to obtain the
secondary yellow light, the light adds the
red color to green that when mixed
they add a lighter color (a light):
yellow, obtained by addition or synthesis
additive of red and green light.
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Color pigment wheel
PRIMARY+PRIMARY=SECONDARY
PRIMARY+SECONDARY=TERTIARY
SECONDARY+SECONDARY=QUATERNARY
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Broken colors
Color triangle
These colors are obtained from mixing
disproportionate in colors
complementary
with the intervention of the white.