Colour Subtraction



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Coloured filters can be used to add colours or to subtract colours.
A red filter appears red to us because it absorbs all the other colours in white light, and only lets through the red.
red filter

A red T-shirt absorbs all the other colours, and only reflects red back to us.
By using combinations of the secondary set of  primary colours, cyan, magenta and yellow, a large range of colours can be produced.
 
 Can you figure out what colour you would get if you put all three of these filters together?
What about cyan and magenta?
or magenta and yellow?
and cyan and yellow?
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Go to the Molecular Expressions site to check out your answers.