Additive and subtractive color models

Self-tutoring about colors: the tutor compares the additive and subtractive systems.

Additive color is the RGB model employed by devices that produce colored light – televisions, for example.

Subtractive color is the CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow) system for pigments. It assumes white light is all around: a colored object reflects some mix from it, which is the color the object is. The object absorbs the colors you can’t see; ie, it subtracts them.

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