Vocabulary # 1

Prism: A cut piece of clear glass(or plastic) with 2 opposite sides in the shape of a triangle pr the other geometric shape.

spectrum: A band of colors produced when light goes through a prism.

primary color: red, green, or blue; mixing these colors can produce all the colors of the spectrum.

primary pigment: Magenta, cyan, yellow; material with any of these colors absorbs one primary color of light and reflects the other 2.