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- Summary
- The Flash9 plugin is necessary for this animation !
Since the 1890s, additive color processes have been used to create color photographs. The cones that carpet our retinas are only sensitive to the primary colors: Green, Red and Blue. Television, cinema and photography all use these additive, three color processes, as did the pointillist painters of the 19th Century.
- Learning objectives
- To illustrate the additive color process.
- To analyse our perception of color.
- To cover a little of the history of photography, one of humanity’s great inventions.
- How to use the animation
- Click and drag the R(Red) G(Green) and B(Blue) components of the picture.
Press any key to superimpose the three pictures again.
- Student sheet
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- Keywords
- color, colour, addition, autochrome, Lumiere-brothers, Louis-Ducos-de-Hauron, photography, light, RGB
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