WHAT ARE THE CORRECT PIGMENT PRIMARY COLORS?
• The correct pigment primaries are: • – Magenta (fuchsia), which is the correct pigment primary “red,” • – Yellow, which is the color of daffodils, and • – Cyan (teal), which is the correct pigment primary “blue.” It was “blue” to Newton. • Rich greens, blues, and violets are possible • Only the yellow is found in a Crayola (TM) box of 8 crayons. • The Crayola (TM) colors Magenta, Yellow, and Teal are the correct primaries. • These primaries may or may not work with certain oil pigments. • The secondary colors of pigment are the light primaries. • Look at colored comics with a magnifier and see dots of pigment primary. • Full color printing is done with these primaries. • Ink jet color printers use these primaries. • WHAT ARE THE LIGHT PRIMARY COLORS? • The light primaries are: • – Red, which is scarlet. • – Green, which is the color of most leaves, and • – Blue, which is Newton’s indigo. • Overlapping beams of different colored light mix using these primaries. • Tiny nonoverlapping d
