Color

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Color or colour^[1] is a property of light as seen by people. This word is written as color in American English and colour in British English. Each color has a different wavelength.

The most common color names are:

• black
• gray (spelled grey in British English)
• white
• pink
• red
• orange
• yellow
• green
• blue
• purple and
• brown

"Primary colors" can be mixed to make the other colors. Red, yellow and blue are the three traditional primary colors. The primary colors for television screens and computer monitors are red, green and blue. Printers use magenta, yellow and cyan as primary colors, they also use black.

People who can not see colors well are called color blind. Most color blind people are male.

Colors are sometimes added to food. Food coloring is used to color food.

When something has no color, it is colorless. An example is air.

A transparent material is not the same as a colorless material because it can still have a color, like stained glass.

[change] See also

• List of colors
• List of color topics

Colors – List of colors
Cyan Magenta Black Gray Silver White
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
Gold Olive Purple Brown Pink

[change] References