what is the difference between light color and pigment colors?
Pigments are chemicals that selectively absorb and reflect different spectra of light. When a surface is painted with a pigment, light hitting the surface is reflected, minus some wavelengths. This subtraction of wavelengths produces the appearance of different colors. Most paints are a blend of several chemical pigments, intended to produce a reflection of a given color.
Check out the links below. They should answer any question about the properties of light. In a nutshell, the color of light is an electromagnetic radiation.that the human eye sees. The rainbow is a visual phenomenon that shows the transmission of those radiant colors. We see them all.. ,orange, yellow, green blue, indigo, violet at one time because they are being filtered through the moisture in the air. Of them all, only the primary colors are true colors.. , green and blue. The others are where the light blends together. Pigments are artificially produced things that bend light in such a way that we see a different color. A pigment reflects the available light, changes it because of its absorption property. Thats why black is both a color and the absence of color. In light, black is the combination of all colors (black absorbs all radiant light) and in pigment the absence of any color.
