Colors of Light

Colors of Light

Prism: a cut of clear glass with 2 opposite sides in the shape of a triangle or other geometric shape.

Sprectrum: a band of colors produced when light goes through a prism.

Primary color: red,green,or blue; mixing these colors can produce all the colors of the spectrum.

Primary pigment: magenta, cyan , yellow ; material with any of these colors absorbs one primary color of light and reflects the other two.