Physics
Color Bonus Activity
Name
10 points
Two points each.
1. This image shows how pigment colors are mixed. Three color filters of primary pigment
colors....red, yellow, and blue ..... are arranged to partially overlap one another.
Describe what colors you see and explain how the color filters work. Why do you get a different
result by mixing colored lights?
2. Mixing light of different colors is shown. The rays from three projectors shown at the bottom
go through red, green, and blue filters, respectively.
Describe what colors you see and explain how mixing colored light works. Why do you get a
different result by using colored filters?
3. The upper and lower pictures show positive and negative films of a color picture.
Describe and explain the colors of the appearances of the same parts of the images in the two
different pictures.
4. Describe how are the colors of the corresponding parts of these two color photographs are
related to each other?
5. These two photographs show the colors of light reflected from the surface of and transmitted
through a very thin gold leaf.
Describe how the colors of the corresponding parts of these two color photographs are related to
each other.