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The most important problem
has been a confusion between
the behavior of light mixtures,
called additive color, and the
behavior of paint, ink, dye,
or pigment mixtures, called
subtractive color. This problem
arises because the absorption
of light by material substances
follows different rules from the
perception of light by the eye.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF PRE-
20TH-CENTURY COLOR
THEORY WERE BUILT AROUND
“PURE” OR IDEAL COLORS,
CHARACTERIZED BY SENSORY
EXPERIENCES RATHER THAN
ATTRIBUTES OF THE PHYSICAL
WORLD. THIS HAS LED TO A
NUMBER OF INACCURACIES IN
TRADITIONAL COLOR THEORY
PRINCIPLES THAT ARE NOT
ALWAYS REMEDIED IN MODERN
FORMULATIONS.
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A second problem has been
the failure to describe the very
important effects of strong
luminance (lightness) contrasts
in the appearance of colors
reflected from a surface (such
as paints or inks) as opposed to
colors of light; “colors” such as
browns or ochres cannot appear
in mixtures of light. Thus,
a strong lightness contrast
between a mid-valued yellow
paint and a surrounding bright
white makes the yellow appear
to be green or brown, while
a strong brightness contrast
between a rainbow and the
surrounding sky makes the
yellow in a rainbow appear to be
a fainter yellow, or white.
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