CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?message-squaremessage-square316fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down15
arrow-up1215arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square316fedilink
minus-squarerebelsimile@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year 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-up4·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoYeah it’s just historically been very difficult to make magenta and cyan paints so ryb has stood in for cmy
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