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    The document describes how color filters work by transmitting or absorbing specific colors of light. It provides examples of using a red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, and red filter and explains whether the screen would appear black or a color, depending on whether the secondary filter absorbs or transmits the color passed by the first filter.

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    COLOR SUBSTRACTION AND FILTERS

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    The document describes how color filters work by transmitting or absorbing specific colors of light. It provides examples of using a red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, and red filter and explains whether the screen would appear black or a color, depending on whether the secondary filter absorbs or transmits the color passed by the first filter.

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    The document describes how color filters work by transmitting or absorbing specific colors of light. It provides examples of using a red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, and red filter and explains whether the screen would appear black or a color, depending on whether the secondary filter absorbs or transmits the color passed by the first filter.

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    How do colour filters work?

    red blue screen

    1. What colour(s) will be transmitted by the red filter?


    Answer : red
    2. What colour will we see on the screen?
    Answer : black
    3. Why?
    Answer : the blue filter absorbs the red light.
    green blue screen

    1. What colour(s) will be transmitted by the green filter?


    Answer : green
    2. What colour will we see on the screen?
    Answer : black
    3. Why?
    Answer : the blue filter absorbs the green light.
    yellow red screen

    1. What colour(s) will be transmitted by the yellow filter?


    Answer : green and red
    2. What colour will we see on the screen?
    Answer : red
    3. Why?
    Answer : the red filter absorbs the green light and transmits red light.
    yellow cyan screen

    1. What colour(s) will be transmitted by the yellow filter?


    Answer : green and red
    2. What colour will we see on the screen?
    Answer : green
    3. Why?
    Answer : the cyan filter absorbs the red light and transmits green light.

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