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Color

Color (American English) or colour (Commonwealth English) is the characteristic of human visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple. This perception of color derives from the stimulation of cone cells in the human eye by electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associated with objects through the wavelength of the light that is reflected from them. This reflection is governed by the object's physical properties such as light absorption, emission spectra, etc.

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Search Pictures by Color!

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Color Friends

Learn color video

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More than 3 Primary Colors??

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More than 3 Primary Colors??

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Psychology of Color

So interesting!

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Cultural Colors

Different cultures have different names for colors and they often have less names and identifications of color than English-speakers. For example a culture might have words for only "white", "black", and "red" and anything that's not black or white is considered to be "red" which would totally confuse an American.

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Complementary Colors

How to use complementary colors in photoshop!

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Explore Color!!!

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Explore Color!!!

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