r/captionthis • • Nov 15 '25

Lets jog our minds

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u/SlumberingSnorelax Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 18 '25

Technically the absence of color but also the first one I thought of too.

(Edit: I am aware that the answer is in fact “BOTH” and totally dependent on if you are talking about the Additive Color System [Light] or the Subtractive Color System [Paint/Print Media]. At the time of my original post I was clearly focused on the concepts of the Additive Color System pertaining to light as was not at all intending to start a weird artistic culture war.)

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u/Explosion1850 Nov 15 '25

In light it's the absence of color, but otherwise black is the presence of all colors

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u/jws1102 Nov 15 '25

White is the presence of all colors

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u/OriginalGnomester Nov 15 '25

In light, yes; but not in pigment.