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Hue refers to...
color name.
Saturation is..
The amount that a color departs from neutral.
Lightness refers to..
brightness.
Rods see _______ and cones see _____
Rods see in light/ black and white and cones see in color.
How many cones are in the retina?
7 million.
How many rods are in the retina?
120 million.
How many ganglion cells are in the retina?
1 million.
There are only _________ in the fovea?
There are only CONES in the fovea.
What is the fovea?
Where the image comes in focus/ sharpest.
Spectral Sensitivity for a SHORT cone...
S- Blue & 440nm
Spectral Sensitivity for a MEDIUM cone...
M- Green & 544nm.
Spectral Sensitivity for a LARGE cone...
L- Red & 580 nm
What is the human response range to light?
10 trillion: 1
Log luminance difference of 3 stops.
When you are dark adapted and only your rods are activated you have...
Scotopic Vision.
When you are light adapted and only your cones are activated you have...
Photopic Vision.
Transitional vision that utilizes both rods and cones is known as...
Mesophic Vision.
Purkinje Shift
The purkinje shift occurs when eyes are transitioning from photopic to scotopic vision and sensitivity shifts towards BLUE.
Trichromatic Theory
3 different channels, RED GREEN BLUE, transmits their color through the optic nerve.
Opponent Process Theory
3 channels in PAIR- RED GREEN, BLUE YELLOW, BLACK WHITE.

Used more often because of color blindness.
What are the psychological or perceptual primaries?
RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE.
What does psychological or perceptual primaries mean?
Colors our eyes see as pure.
To see a color you must have three things....
Light source, sample/color, detector.
Who is known as the father of additive color?
James clerk maxwell.
Additive color involves...
Additive color involves light. An example- laptops and iphones.
Subtractive color involves...
Subractive color involves inks and dyes. An example- clothes and print.
A Apple absorbs _____ & _____ light and reflects _____ light.
A apple absorbs green and blue light and reflects red light.
In an additive system, combining red and blue lights will produce...
Magenta.
In a subtractive system, combining yellow and cyan inks/dyes will produce...
Green
In a subtractive system, the secondary colors are...
RED, GREEN, BLUE.
In a subtractive system, the primary colors are...
CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW
A printing (painting) process that places tiny dots of ink so close together that they give the illusion of forming one color is known as...
Spacial Parative Mixing.
Who is the founder of the spacial parative mixing?
Seurrat.
The general rule is that a filter will ______ its own colors and those adjacent to it on the Maxwell triangle and _______ its compliment color and those adjacent on the Maxwell triangle.
The general rule is that a filter will ___Lighten___ its own colors and those adjacent to it on the Maxwell triangle and Darken its compliment color and those adjacent on the Maxwell triangle.
A color filter _______ its own color and _______ all other colors.
A color filter transmits its own color and absorbs all other colors.
A green filter lightens what and darkens what?
Green filter lightens GREEN, YELLOW, CYAN and darkens RED, MAGENTA, BLUE.
A yellow filter lightens what and darkens what?
A yellow filter lightens YELLOW, RED, GREEN and darkens BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN.
What is the equation to find number of stops filter factor alters aperture?
log(filter factor) / .3
If you pass white light through a red filter, what color light is transmitted?
Red.
If you pass magenta light through a red filter, what color light is transmitted?
Red.
If you pass cyan light through a red filter, what color light is transmitted?
None.
What does K stand for in color?
Black.