CHAPTER 10. COLOUR 10.4
Pigment primary colours ESCEY
The primary pigments and paints are cyan, magenta and yellow. When pigments or
paints of these three colours are mixed togetherin equal amounts they produce black.
Any other colour of paint can be made by mixing the primary pigments together in
different quantities. Theprimary pigments are related to the primary colours of light in
the following way:
cyan+ magenta + yellow = black
= blue
= green
= red
PRIMARY PIGMENTS
cyan+ magenta
cyan+ yellow
magenta + yellow
PRIMARY
COLOURS
OF LIGHT
PRIMARY PIGMENTS
Example 8: Pigments
QUESTIONWhat colours of light are absorbed by a green pigment?SOLUTIONIf the pigment is green,then green light must be reflected. Therefore, red and
blue light are absorbed.