Lab 10: Creating Color By Addition Report Sheet Objective

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Describe the appearance of the color produced by turning on the red elements for 10% of the time, the green for 50%, and the blue for 90% of the time. Record the fractions of red, green, and blue needed to make the colors on the color wheel. Red Green Blue 1) Yellow 2) Orange 3) Red 4) Crimson 5) Magenta 6) Violet 7) Blue 8) Cobalt 9) Cyan 10) Turquoise 11) Green 12) Yellow - Green Slider settings for your color, based on your birthdate: Red Green Blue Describe the resulting color.

All television sets and computer monitors can only produce red, green, and blue – until recently. Why did Sharp add a fourth color, yellow, on their Quattro line of flat-screen televisions? Source you consulted: PR Photo (Proof you Really did the experiment) Take a screenshot of your computer while it is displaying your color, based on your birthdate, and submit it. (On Windows machines, press PrintScreen, then open Paint and click Paste. Then click Save As and name your file. On Macs, press Command-Shift-3. The screenshot is added to your desktop.)

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The experiment described aims to explore the principles of additive color mixing, specifically how primary colors—red, green, and blue—combine to produce a broad spectrum of colors. Additive color theory explains how different wavelengths of light combine to create various hues, which is fundamental in display technologies such as televisions, computer monitors, and stage lighting. The objective is to understand the relationship between primary colors and how their combinations generate secondary and tertiary colors, along with their relevance to modern display technology.

When considering the color production by light, red, green, and blue are the fundamental additive primaries because they can combine in different intensities to form a wide array of colors. For example, turning on red at 10% intensity, green at 50%, and blue at 90% produces a perceivable mixture that leans toward a specific hue. The mixture's resulting color can be predicted by adjusting the intensity levels of each primary color, which are often represented as fractions or percentages. These adjustments yield secondary colors: yellow (red + green), cyan (green + blue), magenta (red + blue), as well as various tertiary colors like orange, crimson, violet, turquoise, cobalt, and variations thereof. Each color corresponds to specific combinations of the primary colors at different intensities.

By configuring the slider settings based on personal data such as the birthdate, individuals can produce a unique color. For example, a specific set of red, green, and blue fractions could signal a personalized numeral or pattern, illustrating the precise control digital display devices have over light emission. The resulting color from this configuration provides insight into how color blending works in digital contexts, confirming the additive nature of color synthesis.

The addition of a yellow color in devices like Sharp's Quattro line of televisions reflects advancements in display technology. While traditional RGB displays rely solely on red, green, and blue primaries, adding yellow—a primary color in subtractive mixing—enhances the display's color gamut. This broader spectrum, known as wider color gamuts like Adobe RGB or DCI-P3, allows for more vivid and realistic colors, improving visual quality for consumers. By integrating yellow, displays can generate more natural skin tones, vibrant greens, and rich yellows, filling in the gaps left by RGB alone. This development aligns with research in color science indicating that adding a secondary primary can improve color volume and accuracy in digital displays (Sharma et al., 2017).

To demonstrate understanding, students are asked to take a screenshot of their customized color produced based on their birthdate. This practical exercise visually reinforces the theoretical concepts of additive color mixing, illustrating how specific ratios of red, green, and blue light can generate personalized colors on digital screens.

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