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CHAPTER 12 THE COLORS
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(Note that the percentages do not add up to 100%; they are intended only to
deliver the relative intensities of the different component colors. Also, the same
name can be used for different hues obtained by slightly different mixtures of the
primary colors . This is the reason for different mixtures given identical names in
Table 12.2).
Since any color sensation that the human eye perceives can be duplicated by
mixing varying quantities of red, green, and blue (RGB ), these colors are known as
the “additive primary colors .” If light of all these primary colors is added together
in equal intensities, the sensation of white light is produced.
A number of pairs of pure spectral colors called complementary colors also

exist. Complementary colors are any two colors of the spectrum that, combined

Table 12.2. Perceived colors, and their RGB mixture

Primary RGB intensities (Scale 0-255)
Color R(ed) G(reen) B(lue)
Black 0 0 0
Blue 0 0 255
Brown 150 75 0
Carrot 237 145 33
Copper 184 115 51
Crimson 220 20 60
Cyan 0 255 255
Gold 255 215 0
Gray 128 128 128
Green 0 255 0
Lime 204 255 0
Magenta 255 0 255
Mauve 153 51 102
Navy Blue 0 0 128
Olive 128 128 0
Orange 255 165 0
Pink 255 192 203
Purple 102 0 153
Red 255 0 0
Violet 139 0 255
White 255 255 255
Yellow 255 255 0