I have finally got our science teacher to start
reinforcing for me that what they learn about mixing
spectral light is not applicable necessarily to paint!
Furthermore, I tell them that there is no actual black
paint, that paint is all made from "something" that
looks near to black, like carbon, and mixing all 3
primaries is never ever going to make black, and that
white paint is usually made from zinc or titanium.
--- Occasm@aol.com wrote:
> Okay, we had some disagreement on terminalogy in our
> department recently.
> Would like a consensus from the list if you could.
>
> How do you define to your students what Black is and
> what White is.
>
> I have a teacher who tells kids White is the
> absence of color (not sure
> what she tells them black is though).
> I've heard others call these neutrals along with
> grays and browns.
> And I've heard still others say white is all the
> colors of the spectrum
> combined. This might be very scietific but it could
> be confusing to kids. I've
> also heard that black described as the absence of
> color.
>
> How do you define black and white to your students
> if they ask you whether
> these are colors or not?
>
> thanks,
> Mike Sacco
>
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