• @owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
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    48 months ago

    Why would paints have a different primary palette than dyes or pigments? They’re all subtractive, so the primary colors are CMY.

    The red/yellow/blue is a lie!

      • @owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
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        48 months ago

        I’m saying that, with respect to color reproduction, paints work exactly the same as dyes and pigments. You can’t make magenta paint from red, blue, and yellow. So the “primary colors” of paint are actually CMY.