The color system is similar to black and white but is more complex.
Color Systems
Color versus Black and White
You've been shown how a visual image is created on a CCD, converted to an analog video signal, and transferred to a CRT for display. Black and white video systems operate this way. A black and white camera, if one were made today, would have one CCD and only black and white information; that is, luminance would be created and conveyed to the CRT. Color video is based on these same basic principles but is a little more complex.
Additive and Subtractive Colors
Instead of having just one CCD, high-quality color cameras have three CCDs, one for each of the primary colors: red, green, and blue. Those of you who have had art classes might ...
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