Kevin Keating
Kkeating3@ivytech.edu
PhysicsII-(PHYS102-11R-B1-201320)

Experiment: Colors
Introduction:   
Thomas Young showed that by mixing three beams of light, separated by wide frequencies, a broad range of colors can be generated. When these three beams of light are combined into one, they produce white light.  These colors, red, green and blue, are called the primary colors.
Dealing with non-opaque media is different, as a result dealing with pigments or paints the primary colors are yellow, magenta, and cyan.
Procedure: 
Data and Observations:  
The following is observed when mixing the primary colors in an opaque medium:
•	Mixing green and blue results in cyan
•	Mixing red and blue results in magenta
•	Mixing red and green results in yellow
•	Mixing red, green and blue results in white
The following is observed when mixing the primary colors in an non-opaque medium:
• Mixing cyan and magenta results in blue
• Mixing cyan and yellow results in green
• Mixing magenta and yellow results in red
• Mixing magenta, cyan and yellow results in white

Conclusions: 
By mixing the primary colors of red, green and blue light beams on an opaque background it was possible to observe the results that Thomas Young showed.  Updating it with cyan, magenta and yellow on a non-opaque background exhibited the properties modern primary colors for pigments.