How is it that the color white is both the absence of all color and the presence of all color?

Diamondlance

To answer that you must distinguish between colors of light and colors of pigment. In light, white is the presence of all colors. In pigments, white is the absence of all colors. http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/color.html May 28 06, 1:27 AM

zbeckabee

Diamondlance is 100% correct. With regards to pigments...black is the presence of all colors and white is the absence of all color. With regards to light...the opposite holds true. May 28 06, 11:43 AM

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