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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are you asking me why is paint the way it is? I don’t know, take it up with nature, but stop spreading misinformation.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Yeah it’s just historically been very difficult to make magenta and cyan paints so ryb has stood in for cmy