Color Theory Writing Assignment

1. What are the three primary colors?

 -Red, green, blue

2. How are secondary colors created? Cite an example. 

 -Secondary colors are made by mixing two primary colors

 Example: Mixing red and green makes yellow; a secondary color

3. How are tertiary colors created? Cite an example.

  -When a certain amount of a primary and secondary color are mixed.

  Example: Purple and red makes magenta; a tertiary color

4. What is the difference between subtractive and additive color models?

  -Subtractive color models are CMY ( Cyan, magenta, and yellow), it begins with white and ends with black. Additive color models are RGB (Red, blue, green),  all the colors combined make white because as color is added the model gets lighter.

5. How can color affect our perception?
  -Color can affect how we think things taste, because the color could contrast our expectations and perceive it tasting different than we expect.

6. How does one color affect another?
  -Color can clash with another color and make one color or the either look off or wrong with each other. The opposite goes with colors that complement each other.

7. Find or show an example of a greyscale image.

8. Find or show an example of a monochrome image.

9. Find an example or show an example of an image that uses complimentary color.