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When two complementary pigment colors are combined, they tend to cancel each other out, resulting in a neutral color such as gray or brown, depending on the specific colors used. This occurs because the pigments absorb or reflect certain wavelengths of light, which can lead to a muted appearance in the final mixture.

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What results from combining two complementary pigment colors?

Combining two complementary pigment colors results in a neutral color, such as gray or brown. This occurs because the pigments absorb different wavelengths of light, leaving only a small portion of the spectrum to be reflected, resulting in a less saturated color.


What are complementary pigment colors?

Complementary pigment colors are pairs of colors that, when combined, create a neutral gray or black. Examples include blue and orange, red and green, and yellow and purple. Mixing complementary pigment colors can be used to create contrast and balance in visual art.


What color is made when combining the colors of the rainbow?

If you mean light, you get white. If you mean pigment, you get black.


Compare primary light colors and primary pigment colors?

Primary light colors (red, green, blue) are additive colors that combine to create white light, while primary pigment colors (cyan, magenta, yellow) are subtractive colors that combine to create black. Mixing primary light colors results in brighter colors, while mixing primary pigment colors results in darker colors. Primary light colors are used in digital displays, while primary pigment colors are used in traditional printing methods.


What are the colors that the pigments absorb the most?

It depends on the specific pigment, but generally pigments absorb colors that are complementary to the color they appear as. For example, chlorophyll absorbs mostly blue and red light, which is why plants appear green.

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What results from combining two complementary pigment colors?

Combining two complementary pigment colors results in a neutral color, such as gray or brown. This occurs because the pigments absorb different wavelengths of light, leaving only a small portion of the spectrum to be reflected, resulting in a less saturated color.


What are colors that are made by combining hues?

Complementary colors


What are complementary pigment colors?

Complementary pigment colors are pairs of colors that, when combined, create a neutral gray or black. Examples include blue and orange, red and green, and yellow and purple. Mixing complementary pigment colors can be used to create contrast and balance in visual art.


What color is made when combining the colors of the rainbow?

If you mean light, you get white. If you mean pigment, you get black.


Compare primary light colors and primary pigment colors?

Primary light colors (red, green, blue) are additive colors that combine to create white light, while primary pigment colors (cyan, magenta, yellow) are subtractive colors that combine to create black. Mixing primary light colors results in brighter colors, while mixing primary pigment colors results in darker colors. Primary light colors are used in digital displays, while primary pigment colors are used in traditional printing methods.


Blue and red are complementary colors?

no, blue and orange are complementary colors and red and green are complementary colors


When complimentary colors are combined what is created?

Combining complementary colors creates "secondary colors". The primary colors (colors that cannot be mixed by combining any colors of paint) are yellow, red, and blue. Mixing yellow and red creates orange. mixing red and blue create purple, mixing blue and yellow creates green.


When red and cyan light overlap what couler does it produce?

When red and cyan light overlap, they produce white light due to their complementary colors combining.


What are the complementary color?

all complementary colors are directly across from each other. Example: Purple---- Yellow or Blue--- Orange


What are the colors that the pigments absorb the most?

It depends on the specific pigment, but generally pigments absorb colors that are complementary to the color they appear as. For example, chlorophyll absorbs mostly blue and red light, which is why plants appear green.


What color results from mixing two complementary colors?

The original complementary color model only saw colors in primary and secondary pairs such as red-green, yellow-violet, and blue-orange. In the newer RGB model, complementary colors that are mixed at the right amounts will produce either black or white.


Complementary colors are two colors that?

It's a complicated answer. The following content is according to the wikipedia page linked: 1. According to color theory, mixing complementary colors produces a neutral color (white, black or gray). 2. According to afterimages based on the sensors in our eye, a complimentary color is the one that's left behind after we stop staring at a particular color for a long time. 3. In art, complementary colors produce brown or gray on combining.