| A | B |
|---|
| transmission | the passing of light through matter |
| transparent | matter through which visible light is easily transmitted (air, glass, water) |
| translucent | matter that transmits light but also scatters the light as it passes through (wax paper, frosted glass) |
| opaque | matter that does not transmit any light (metal, wood, aluminum foil) |
| Roy G Biv | colors of visible white light |
| red | color with the longest wavelength |
| violet | color with the shortest wavelength |
| white | the color of an object that reflects all colors of light |
| green | color reflected by a green object |
| black | the color of an object that absorbs all colors of light |
| equal amounts of cyan, yellow, and magenta pigments | black |
| primary colors of light | red, green, and blue |
| magenta, cyan, and yellow | secondary colors of light |
| primary colors of pigment | magenta, cyan, and yellow |
| yellow | red light plus green light |
| magenta | red light plus blue light |
| cyan | blue light plus green light |
| equal amounts of red, green, and blue lights | white |
| pigment | a material that gives a substance its color by absorbing some colors of light and reflecting others |
| color subtraction | mixing colors of pigments |
| color addition | mixing colors of lights |
