If you have a spolight and you put a yellow, red, and blue sheet in front of it what color would you get?

Question

I think it will be clear, my friend says brown. Anyone know for sure? (And sources somewhere online is needed)

Also, assuming that the plates were the actull primary colors exactly. I know their not actually red and blue its like cyan and somehting else...

Oh and I'll choose the best answer if anyone has sources

Answer 1

In light, the three primary colors blended make "clear".
On an object, they make black.
"Suppose you had three colored spotlights, one each red, green, and blue, shining on the wall of a darkened room. If you partially overlap the three spotlight beams, you get the pattern shown on the left. When all three spotlights overlap, you get white light! That's because white light consists of all colors. When only the red and blue spotlights overlap, you get magenta light. When only the green and blue spotlights overlap, you get cyan light. When only the green and red spotlights overlap, you get yellow light. With no spotlights on, you get black. "

Answer 2

Red and blue make brown.
Yellow and red make orange.
Orange and blue would make a different shade of brown like, say a medium to deep tan.
It would not be clear light shining through your sheets.
Since light is white, the color would be a light brown or tan.
Google Mixing Colors and go to Sherman-Williams Paint.com or www.shermanwilliams.com and ask them!

Answer 3

In painting, mixing all three primary colours creates a tertiary colour, which tend to be earthy tones. Brown's and khaki's are examples of tertiary colours mixed with different proportions of primary colours. Black can also be made by mixing equal amounts of red, yellow and blue.

However, primary colours of light are different:
Mixing coloured light is quite different to paint. Your television will make up all the colours you see on the screen by mixing red, blue and green light.

Answer 4

red and blue makes purple add yellow and get brown (or deep amber in this case)