IMAGERS - What Color is it? Answer Key

What Color is it? - Answer Key

Possible answers

A = Absorbed R = Reflected

Object description	Color reflected	Red	Green	Blue
Ex. Red apple	red	R	A	A
Yellow block	yellow	R	R	A
Green block	green	A	R	A
Pinkish colored block (magenta)	magenta	R	A	R
Blue block	blue	A	A	R
Turquoise colored block (cyan)	cyan	A	R	R

Think About It:

1. What colors do a BLACK object absorb and reflect? Why?

Black objects absorb all colors of light because the absence of light means no light is reflected.

2. What colors do a WHITE object absorb and reflect? Why?

White objects reflect all colors of light. All colors of light combine to make white, so all colors are reflected.