Comment on Why is #FFFFFF white, but mixing red green and blue paint is black?

• no_circumlocution@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  On a spectrum of visible light, yellow has a wavelength perfectly between red and green. Therefore, combining red and green, the average wavelength is the same as the wavelength of yellow.

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  • Mikina@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve been wondering - how do you make brown? Don’t really see it on the spectrum.

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    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Dark orange, it’s only brown when contrasted with something brighter.
      There is a technology connection video that goes into more details.

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    • fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      About 2 parts red to one part green.

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• HatchetHaro@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  red light + green light = yellow light

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