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- ~W~IDefining Some Terms~Y~I
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- To understand how to use color well, we've first got to get to know some of
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- ~W~IAdditive Primary Colors ~Y~I- A painter mixes colors to produce new colors. The
- basic colors that are added together to produce new colors are the primary
- colors. The additive primary colors are ~R~Ired~Y~I, ~G~Igreen~Y~I, and ~C~Iblue~Y~I. If we want
- ~M~Imagenta~Y~I, we mix ~R~Ired~Y~I and ~C~Iblue~Y~I. If we want ~W~Iwhite~Y~I, we mix equal amounts of ~R~Ired~Y~I,
- ~G~Igreen~Y~I, and ~C~Iblue~Y~I. The color cube in Figure 3.1, which is on the next screen,
- shows the additive primary colors.
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- ~W~IFigure 3.1~Y~I
- The RGB Color Model
- ~G~IG~Y~I
- │ Yellow (1,1,0)
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- /│~Y~IGreen Only ~W~I /│
- / │ (0,1,0) / │
- / │ / │
- / │ / │
- / │ ~Y~IWhite~W~I / │
- ~Y~ICyan~W~I / │ ~Y~I(1,1,1)~W~I/ │
- ~Y~I(0,1,1)~W~I┌───────┼───────────────────┐ │
- │ └───────────────────┼──────┴~Y~I─────── ~R~IR~Y~I
- │ / ~Y~I(0,0,0)~W~I │ / ~Y~IRed Only~W~I
- │ / │ / ~Y~I(1,0,0)~W~I
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- │ / │ /
- │ / ~Y~IBlue Only~W~I │ /
- │ / ~Y~I(0,0,1)~W~I │/
- └───────────────────────────┘ ~Y~IMagenta (1,0,1)
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- ~C~IB~Y~I
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- Each point within the volume of the cube can be defined by the
- coordinates (R,G,B), where the values for R, G, and B represent the
- amounts of red, green, and blue that are present in the particular
- color.
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- ~W~ISubtractive Primary Colors~Y~I - These are the primary colors that, when
- subtracted from each other, produce new colors. The subtractive primary
- colors are ~M~Imagenta~Y~I, ~C~Icyan~Y~I, and yellow. In this color scheme, cyan minus
- yellow gives ~G~Igreen~Y~I. Color liquid crystal displays (LCD) almost always use
- the subtractive primary colors.
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- ~K~W~IHue~Y~I - This is what we normally think of as color. Blue is a hue, as is
- yellow.~k
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- ~W~IChromatic Colors~Y~I - Colors that have hue in them.
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- ~W~IAchromatic Colors~Y~I - Colors without hue. The achromatic colors are black,
- white, and any shade of gray.
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- To most people, it sounds odd to say that a hue is what we normally
- think of as a color, and then say that the chromatic colors are colors
- with hues. That's true. It is odd until you realize that black, white,
- and shades of grey are colors with no hue.
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- ~W~IShade~Y~I - A shade is formed by mixing a hue with black.
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- ~W~ITone~Y~I - A tone of a color is made by mixing that color with gray.
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- ~W~ITint~Y~I - Tintes are produced by mixing a hue with white.
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- Although we won't use these terms too much in this book, understanding them
- is important to understanding the literature of computer graphics.
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