The most important thing to remember is color is a property of light, not a property of objects. The firetruck isn’t red, it reflects red light. Objects don’t have color in absence of light.
Pigments don’t produce light, they take it away. They absorb different color bands based on their chemical structure. When you mix different pigments, you’re trying to find a blend that takes away the colors you don’t want so that only the ones you do get reflected (Absorption spectra).
When you’re mixing different bands of light, you’re adding different bands together to create an average (emission spectra).
The most important thing to remember is color is a property of light, not a property of objects. The firetruck isn’t red, it reflects red light. Objects don’t have color in absence of light.
Pigments don’t produce light, they take it away. They absorb different color bands based on their chemical structure. When you mix different pigments, you’re trying to find a blend that takes away the colors you don’t want so that only the ones you do get reflected (Absorption spectra).
When you’re mixing different bands of light, you’re adding different bands together to create an average (emission spectra).