Assumptions (Was: Re: [ale] HOWTO: change Netscape BORDER fromputrid green to nice grey, like the rest of browser window)

[Jeff Hubbs]

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 23:23, rhiannen wrote:
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > 
> > Red, blue, and green are the additive primaries as used in lighting and
> > video displays.  Magenta, cyan, and yellow are the subtractive
> > primaries, as used in filters, inks, paints, and dyes.
> > 
> > - Jeff (knew the colorspace implementation on DEC VT terminals all too
> > well)
> 
> 
> Except to an dead-tree artist, the primaries are Red, Blue, and Yellow - Green
> is a combination formed by mixing Blue and Yellow, Magenta and Cyan are blends
> as well.  ;)
> 
> ---- 
> rhia

Artists can and do use red, blue, and yellow, but then again, they're
not trying to achieve specific predetermined colors by mixing precisely
measured amounts of known pigments.  Four-color presses and color laser,
inkjet, and hot-wax printers use CMY for just that reason. 

- Jeff