Paint looks different when dry because, when the solvent evaporates, the binders and pigments coalesce into a hard crust that absorbs light better than it reflects it. The crustiness is most ...

Combine yellow and blue paint, and the only light reflected by the pigments will be wavelengths in the green range. This is referred to as “subtractive” color mixing because each pigment is ...

Paints are composed of opaque pigments or powders ... Pigment dispersions consist of dry pigments suspended in a liquid medium, stabilized with resins or surfactants/additives to prevent clumping.