Your Job: As the Lighting Specialist, it is your job to gather information needed to solve Problem #1 being faced by the cast and crew of Annie, Jr. and use this information to propose a plan of action to solve this problem. 

Problem #1- In the first scene in which Miss Hannigan appears, she is supposed to be      wearing a BLACK dress.  The only available dress that will fit the student playing this role is RED.  There is no money in the budget to purchase another dress.  What can be done to the lighting on the stage to make the RED dress APPEAR BLACK?

Background Questions: 
Using the resources provided, find the answers to the following questions:

What is an electromagnetic wave?
What are the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum?
What is visible light?
What are five common types of lighting? 
Which type of lighting produces all the colors of the visible spectrum?
What determines the color of an object?
What are the primary colors of light?
What happens when the primary colors of light are mixed in equal amounts?
How do your eyes allow you to see?
What causes light to be reflected?

Use the "Lighting Specialist Background Question Page" to record your answers to these questions as you complete your research.