Color Wheel CMY (Subtractive, Reflective or Absorptive)

COLOR WHEEL CMY (SUBTRACTIVE)

• Subtractive, Reflective, Absorbtive
• In CMY/Subtractive black is a combination of all colors (light is completely absorbed).
• In CMY/Subtractive white is an absence of all colors (light is completely reflected from a white substrate).
• Actual light passing through glass filters, indicate this concept well.
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• Kindergarten Secrets: What Your Elementary Teachers Couldn't Tell You.
• The primary colors are cyan, magenta and yellow... not red, blue and yellow.
• Remember finger painting when yellow and blue make green? Cyan and yellow actually make green!
• They are scientifically developed for ink, paint, crayons and anythng reflecting from paper or another substrate.