There are 4 types of colors Additive, Primary, Secondary, and Pigment.

Additive- A computer monitor uses three phosphors that

appear as red, green, and blue when activated. Other colors

are made by combining different intensities of these three

colors.

Primary- Red, Green, and Blue are the Primary colors

Secondary- Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are the Secondary

Colors.

Pigment- Reflected light, when a pigment absorbs certain

light, wavelengths, and reflects others.

There are many abbreviations for color.

HSB, RGB, CMYK, and LAB.

HSB- Hue, Saturation, and Brightness

RGB- Red, Green, Blue

CMYK- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black

LAB- L= the lightness component that can range

from 0-100

A= The green-red axis

B= The blue- yellow axis. Both range from +128 to -128

Web Color- a 6 digital number is the

hexadecimal equivalent of the RGB

color.

Custom- allows you to work matching

color systems such as Pantone.

Hue- the color’s name such as blue, orange, red, etc. it is located on the color wheel expressed as a degree between 0-360

Saturation- is the purity of color. The amount of gray in proportion to the hue measured from 0-100.

Brightness- the relative lightness or darkness of the color measured from 0 -100.

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