Which statement correctly describes additive color mixing?

• A. It uses light from RGB, not pigments
• B. It uses CMY pigments and yields black
• C. It uses only black and white
• D. It uses pigment mixing to create light colors

Answer: (A)

Additive color mixing is about light, not pigments. When different colors of light are combined, their wavelengths add together to form new colors. The primary colors in this system are red, green, and blue. Red plus green makes yellow, red plus blue makes magenta, green plus blue makes cyan, and all three together produce white. The statement that additive mixing uses light from RGB rather than pigments accurately describes this process.

The other ideas describe subtractive color mixing with pigments, where mixing dyes or inks absorbs (subtracts) portions of light and tends to produce darker colors, often approaching black. Pigment mixing does not create light colors by emission.