Chapter Objectives:

• Explain why white and black are not true colors.
• Describe how the reflection of light affects an object's color.
• Describe what determines whether a material reflects, transmits, or absorbs light of a particular color.
• Describe white light.
• Explain that color television tubes produce only red, green and blue light.
• Define complementary colors.
• Describe color mixing by subtraction and by addition.
• Explain why the sky is blue, why sunsets are red, and why water is greenish-blue.
• Explain how a spectrum can be used to identify the presence of an element.
  

Chapter Terms:

• additive primary colors
• complementary colors
• subtractive primary colors

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Chapter Outline Framework:

• Selective Reflection
• Selective Transmission
• Mixing colored Light
  • Complementary Colors
• Mixing colored Pigments
• why the Sky is Blue
• Why Sunsets are Red
• Why Clouds are White
• Why Water is Greenish-Blue

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