CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?message-squaremessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down15
arrow-up1212arrow-down1message-squareWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square298fedilink
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down6·8 months agoRed/yellow/blue are the primary colors for paints (as distinct from dyes/pigments, that’s CMY(k) and as distinct from light, that’s RGB).
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoWhy 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!
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·8 months agoAre you asking me why is paint the way it is? I don’t know, take it up with nature, but stop spreading misinformation.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoI’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.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoYeah it’s just historically been very difficult to make magenta and cyan paints so ryb has stood in for cmy
Red/yellow/blue are the primary colors for paints (as distinct from dyes/pigments, that’s CMY(k) and as distinct from light, that’s RGB).
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!
Are you asking me why is paint the way it is? I don’t know, take it up with nature, but stop spreading misinformation.
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.
Yeah it’s just historically been very difficult to make magenta and cyan paints so ryb has stood in for cmy