Reflective additive-primary kinematic color generators
OwnerRalph Wilsoninventor
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The process underlies a set of three-dimensional structures which may also find utility in the studies of vision science, geometry and physics. The apparent luminance of mixtures of diffusely-reflected additive primaries (RGB) is altered by the introduction of zero (or low) light intervals. In one type of structure the intervals of darkness lie between colored regions as opaque pigments on essentially openwork structures. In a second type, the intervals of darkness are integrated between rapid successions of colored regions. In a third type the intervals of darkness are also integrated between rapid successions of colored regions but the domains of the primaries are first configured as openwork structures. When viewed under incidental white light, the objects exhibit additive primaries by diffuse reflection to stimulate sensations of secondary colors—magenta, cyan, and yellow—and tertiary colors.
A color-mixing process with pigments or dyes wherein three additive-primary colors and intervals of darkness are exhibited from the surface of an opaque three-dimensional structure under incidental light and ratios of said additive-primary colors and intervals of darkness are modulated by changes in said structure's orientation with respect to a human observer possessing normal color vision.
A spinning top with a curved base and a shaft for spinning the top, wherein a disc of rigid material is fixed orthogonally between said base and shaft, said disc and said shaft possessing a mass and being of such proportion so as to relocate the center of mass of said top to a position located slightly above the radius of arc of said base.
The spinning top of claim 5, wherein a small repositionable weight is attached to the perimeter of said disc.
A graphic combinatory system for generating color wherein rosettes defined by lines are nested around a central axis and rotated in front of a black ground, said rosettes being of no more than three colors and said lines being variable in width, angle of curvature, and length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.