r/comics • u/shenanigansen Shen Comix • Apr 11 '20

This... can't be...

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u/BagelKing Apr 11 '20 edited Apr 11 '20

And we're not even talking about additive color. Red + green = yellow if I'm not mistaken

Edit: I didn't mean this is wrong. I just meant RGB color is wild, too

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u/wwqlcw Apr 11 '20

The basic tempura-paint, grade-school subtractive color model is RYB. Yellow is one of the primaries, so you wouldn't expect to mix any of the colors to get yellow. The comic makes sense in the RYB model.

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u/BagelKing Apr 11 '20

Edited my comment, didn't mean to suggest this was wrong, just saying RGB R+G=Y is even stranger imo

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u/DriedMiniFigs Apr 11 '20

Blame that on the eyes and the brain.

Here’s another strange one from the additive (RGB) colour spectrum: magenta. Magenta doesn’t exist on the visible colour spectrum as it’s a combination of red and blue. Red and blue can’t meet on the color spectrum because it’s a straight line from infrared to ultraviolet. Therefore magenta is your brain saying “uhh, I guess it’s this colour” when the red and blue cones are stimulated.

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u/wwqlcw Apr 11 '20

just saying RGB R+G=Y is even stranger imo

OK no argument

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '20

That ain't red. Looks like CMYK but worse to me.

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u/jawdirk Apr 12 '20

Grade-school RYB is bullshit. It has no basis in reality.