Basics
ROY G. BIV
What is the acronym (letters) used to remember visible light?
the complement color of Yellow.
What is blue?
The first to make a systematic study of color
Who is Isaac Newton?
These balls are yellow-green to make them highly visible
What are tennis balls?
The shorthand notation of this is f~E
What is the shorthand notation for Frequency and Energy?
the three additive primary colors
What is red, green, blue?
Two colors that when added produce white.
What are complementary colors?
A pattern of distinct lines of color, with each line corresponding to a frequency of light
What is a line spectrum?
The color between yellow and blue on the visible spectrum of light.
What is Green?
how fast a light wave goes up and down
What is Frequency?
The three subtractive primary colors
What is cyan, magenta, yellow?
the complement color of Magenta.
What is green?
A spread of colors
What is a visible light spectrum?
Pigment capable of absorbing ROYIV would produce this color to an observer.
What is Green and blue light?
The color of the visible light spectrum that has the greatest frequency.
What is Violet?
Colors used for computer screens and televisions
What is RGB?
The complement color of Cyan.
What is red?
The object used by Isaac Newton to show a color spectrum
What is a triangular prism?
Pigment capable of absorbing YGBIV would produce this color to an observer.
What is Red and orange light?
Displays the spectra of the light from hot gases and other light sources using an arrangement of thin slit, lenses, and a prism (or a diffraction grating)
What is a spectroscope?
The colors used in an ink-jet printer
What is cyan, magenta, yellow /(black)?
What the mix of ROYGBIV produce and what complementary colors produce.
What is white light?
The absence of light
What is black/darkness?
How a RGB Pigment that absorbs Green appears to an observer.
What is reddish-blue (or magenta)?
The literal meaning of this word is "single color", but the actual meaning is "single frequency"
What is monochromatic light?