Post #3713651
2026-07-09 11:25 UTC
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@clayfoot@mastodon.social 2026-07-09 11:54
@agowa338@chaos.social @stephaniewalter@front-end.social because purple = red + blue, and brown = red + blue + yellow, at least for the purpose of this system
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@InsertUser@en.osm.town 2026-07-09 11:58
@agowa338@chaos.social It isn't, it's what you get when you mix R+Y+B paints. You usually don't get black or dark grey because they aren't actually a set of primary colours. We've known that the eyes actually distinguish RGB and so they're the primary colours for light and the best starting point for a trio of subtractive colours is CMY since the nineteenth century, but the myth of RYB primaries remains strong. @stephaniewalter@front-end.social
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@drgroftehauge@sigmoid.social 2026-07-10 11:31
@agowa338@chaos.social @stephaniewalter@front-end.social Maybe for the same reason that brown is green + red. And orange + blue.