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Why does mixing equal amounts of red green and blue light rays produce white light but mixing paints that have the same colors produce black paint?
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Mixing the primary colors of light produce white light because white light has it's own wavelength that will refract and reflect at different angles.green blue and red light rays are the certain combination for white light. Paint doesn't have the luxury of wavelengths!
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What colors make white?
When we mix paints, white is the absence of any colors (tints), and black is essentially the result of mixing all colors together. With light, white light is the presence of all colors. When there is no color of light present, it is dark (black).
If white light is the mixture of all visible colors why does the mixture of many colored paints produce black?
Colorants like inks, paints and dyes work by absorbing certain colors of light and reflecting their complimentary colors. Black paint, for instance, works by absorbing all colors of light. One of the major reasons you can't get a clean black out of a mix of...say, cyan, magenta and yellow...is you can't get enough density out of the colorants to absorb all the light. Even if you could, no one would make black paint out of all the different pigments mixed together because the carbon black pigment they use is really cheap and the pigments for the various colors are not cheap. When you mix up many colors you get gray or something muddy, not black. To get white you need to mix particular amounts of particular primary colors. Colors aren't pure. If they were and you mixed the correct amounts you would get white. The best way to see this is on Paintshop Pro or other computer programs. The programs are better than real colors since they don't have the practical limitations that the paint manufacturers have.
Why you see different colors in white light?
This really seems strange, doesn't it? Remember that mixing light of various colors is different from mixing pigments of various colors. It's easy to see that if we had a very bright white paint, then mixing paints of various colors into it will only result in something other than white. Also, there is nothing you can do to the white paint to extract out of it paint of any spectrum color. With light it is different. Think of white light as if it were sound static, or 'white noise'. White light comes from the complex waves caused by the mix of all the light frequencies in the visible range of electromagnetic radiation. That's why you see a rainbow effect when you pass white light through a prism. The prism causes a 'spreading out' of the light of varying frequency that is inherent in the white light.
Does blue and purple make black?
No. It simply makes a bluish purple, with the exact color depending how much of each color was used. If you are trying to make black with paints, there are a few things you could possibly do. However, they include using all three primary colors or other colors derived form the primary colors.
Difference between full gloss and Matt paints?
The difference between a matte paint and a gloss paint are the shine once they are painted on. Gloss paints are really shiny, and matte are finishes with no glare.
When mixing colors what secondary colors are obtained using which primary colors?
For paints the primary colors are Red, Blue and Yellow. To achieve the secondary colors you mix 2 of the primary colors in equal amounts: Red + Blue = Purple Red + Yellow = Orange Blue + Yellow = Green
How do you make the color burgandy with oil paints?
You will want to combine two out of the three primary colors. You will want red to be your base color, then slowly add LITTLE amounts of blue. Keep mixing the two generously to form the shade of burgundy you want.
What are two mixture example?
mixing paints and mixing alloys
What is the colors to equal green?
If you are mixing paints, cyan (light blue) and yellow make green. If you are using lights, green is a primary color.
Why are some primary colors called additive?
Some primary colors, such as red, green, and blue, are called additive because they are used in additive color mixing. In additive color mixing, different combinations of these primary colors are added together to produce various colors. For example, adding red and blue light together creates magenta, green and blue light creates cyan, and all three primary colors combined create white light. This is the basis for how colors are produced on electronic screens and displays.
What colors make white?
When we mix paints, white is the absence of any colors (tints), and black is essentially the result of mixing all colors together. With light, white light is the presence of all colors. When there is no color of light present, it is dark (black).
What colors to mix to make white?
Depends whether you mean coloured light or colours paints. To make white light, mix all the colours. But you can't make white by mixing coloured paints - as far as I know.
Which color is made by absorbing all other colors?
White!- at least in light. If you do this with paints you'll most likely end up with brown because mixing all the primary colors produces brown.
If you combine all colors what color does that make?
It depends on what you're mixing. With light, you'd get white. With paints, you'd get brown. With printer inks, you'd get black.
What colors makes up violet?
Violet is its own color in the color spectrum. However, if you want to go about mixing it with paints - you'll need red and blue mixed together.
How do you get purple by mixing paints?
Mix blue and red together.
Where can one find the colors for Behr paints?
I am looking for new paint colors. Where can one find the color palette for Behr paints?
