ABSTRACT
This chapter provides essential color theory and addresses specific design considerations, techniques, and equipment that a designer may use to manipulate color. Color temperature compares the sum of all the individual wavelengths of a given light source with the color emitted from a black body radiation of a given temperature. There are two different methods by which color may be created: additive color mixing and subtractive color mixing. Colors are modified through either the addition or removal of specific wavelengths of light. Additive color mixing comes about when different wavelengths of light are combined or added together. The media is usually placed in some type of holder that is positioned at the front of a lighting instrument. Light from the fixture then passes through the color media, where it is altered and continues to travel towards its intended target. Color can be an extremely effective tool for creating an overall mood or emotional effect in an environment.
