RE: [tips] color vision: opponent process question

2014-11-03 Thread Rick Froman
CMYK is the standard terminology used in printing. RGB (Red Green Blue is the mixing of light used by monitors) but CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow Black) is the mix used for printing. Possibly, the student in question is a graphic design major. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Professor of Psychology Box 3519

Re: [tips] color vision: opponent process question

2014-11-03 Thread Carol DeVolder
Here is a follow-up on Chris's response. It may be more than your students want to know, though. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/seeing-forbidden-colors/ Carol On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Christopher Green wrote: > > > > > > > What is the question, exactly? Yes, negative after ima

Re: [tips] color vision: opponent process question

2014-11-03 Thread Christopher Green
What is the question, exactly? Yes, negative after images go to their opposites — each primary becomes a secondary, and vice versa. When the student says “the red-green opposite we were taught,” does s/he mean taught in your class or just “taught” by her past. Lots of people say that red and gre

[tips] color vision: opponent process question

2014-11-02 Thread Carla Grayson
A student sent me this email and I don't have a response. Can somebody help me? When you did the negative color afterimage demonstration in class on Tuesday, I looked at the cross in the middle of the four eagles. The blue and yellow swapped like I thought they would, but red became cyan and green