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At
this exhibit, the visitor looks into a set of partially silvered
mirrors which combine three color-separated black and white
transparencies into one picture. Each transparency was photographed
through a red, green, or blue filter. By placing colored (red,
green, or blue) filters in front of the three light boxes,
the original photo can be recreated in full color. By switching
the filters around, all sorts of strangely colored renditions
of the original scene can be observed. It turns out that one
two-color combination produces fairly good overall color for
the image. The intensity of the light in each light box can
be controlled from the observer's view point. This exhibit,
which we include in the Building Blocks section, illustrates
how full color pictures can be composed using only red, green
and blue light sources combined. Red, green, and blue are
the primary additive colors.
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