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Art Exam Guide
PLANE
VOLUME
The three-dimensional
union of several planes.
In the mid seventeenth century, Isaac Newton proved that light is the
real source of color upon carrying out an experiment.
From this mix, we get the colors produced by the lights coming off
from our computer monitors and TV set, and movie projector. Their
primary colors are red, blue and green, also known by their initials:
RGB.
Color as a Pigment
Color as a pigment implies that colors have a body and thus are
tangible materials. Painters work with these colors properties. Both
light colors and pigment colors work in different ways. Mixing pigment
colors, is an irreversible process which is reversible in with light colors.
When all pigment colors are mixed, we get black or dark tone
of brown.