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14 Cards in this Set
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Incandescence
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the process of creating light with heat
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flourescence
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a process by which atoms release light energy
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intensity
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the field strength at a certain point in space; a measure of the amount amount of light energy per second falling on a surface
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white light
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the equal combination of all colors of light
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color
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the perception of the energy of light; red light has the lowest energy that we can see, and violet light the highest
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photoreceptors
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highly specialized, light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye
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cones
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photoreceptors cells in the eye that respond to color
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rods
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photoreceptors cells in the eye that respond to differences in intensity
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additive color prossess
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a process that creates color by adding proportions of red, green, and blue together
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additive primary colors
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red, green, and blue
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subtractive color process
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a process that creates color by subtracting colors from white light using absorption
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subtractive primary colors
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yellow, magenta, and cyan
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CMYK color process
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another name for the subtractive color process that uses cyan, magenta, yellow, and black pigments
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RGB color process
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an addictive color process that uses red, green, and blue light
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