This document discusses how linear combinations can be used to represent colors in additive and subtractive color models.
In additive color models like RGB used for screens, colors are represented as vectors where each primary color (red, green, blue) has an intensity value. Any color can be created as a linear combination of these primary vectors by assigning intensity values and adding the result.
Similarly in subtractive color models like CMYK for printing, primary colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) are represented as vectors that can be linearly combined by assigning concentration values to each and adding the results to produce any color.
Examples are given of how specific linear combinations of RGB and CMYK primary vectors can produce