Meghan Dragman

Photo #1

Photo #2


Photo #1 illustrates color addition. Magenta and cyan can be combined together to appear blue. Magenta and cyan are complements of the primary light colors red and green. In the color wheel, it shows that when blue and green are combined, they make cyan. When red and blue are combined, they show magenta. This means cyan and magenta both have complements of blue. When cyan and magenta are combined, magenta's green is absorbed, leaving blue, and cyan's red is aborbed also leaving blue. In the end, the light that appears is blue because the complements are being aborbed and the blue is left over.
Photo # 2 illustrates color subtraction because when cyan and red are combined, no light appears. These two colors create no light, or black, because cyan and red are complements of eachother. Red absorbs cyan light, and cyan absorbs red light. Since they both absorb eachother, they block light. It appears black.