Digital Image Processing,3rd ed. Gonzalez Woods www.ImageProcessingPlace.com Chapter 6 Color Image Processing The primary colors can a MIXTURES OF LIGHT be added to produce the GREEN FIGURE 6.4 Primary and secondary colors of light. secondary colors YELLOW of light and CYAN pigments. (Courtesy of the General Electric ·A primary color of Co..Lamp MAGENTA Business colorants is defined as Division.) one that subtracts or MIXTURES OF PIGMENTS absorbs a primary color (Subtractive primaries) YELLOW of light and reflects or transmits the other two. GREEN BLACK CYAN BLUE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLORS OF LIGHT AND PIGMENT 1992-2008 R.C.Gonzalez R.E.WoodsDigital Image Processing, 3rd ed. www.ImageProcessingPlace.com © 1992–2008 R. C. Gonzalez & R. E. Woods Gonzalez & Woods Chapter 6 Color Image Processing • The primary colors can be added to produce the secondary colors of light. • A primary color of colorants is defined as one that subtracts or absorbs a primary color of light and reflects or transmits the other two