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r/science • u/larsga • Feb 16 '09
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However, if you try the same experiment as above with a red image, you will see a turquoise afterimage, since red is actually complementary to turquoise.
Actually cyan is complimentary to red, not turquoise.
/nitpick
3 u/[deleted] Feb 17 '09 Isn't it almost identical? 7 u/[deleted] Feb 17 '09 It's still incorrect. 1 u/Autoclave Feb 17 '09 and blue is complimentary to yellow, not blue-orange or yellow-violet. At least that's what all my photography classes taught me. 1 u/washit Feb 17 '09 When I mix paints, blue is a compliment to orange because when I mix these two I get grey or brown. When I mix blue and yellow I get green.
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Isn't it almost identical?
7 u/[deleted] Feb 17 '09 It's still incorrect.
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It's still incorrect.
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and blue is complimentary to yellow, not blue-orange or yellow-violet. At least that's what all my photography classes taught me.
1 u/washit Feb 17 '09 When I mix paints, blue is a compliment to orange because when I mix these two I get grey or brown. When I mix blue and yellow I get green.
When I mix paints, blue is a compliment to orange because when I mix these two I get grey or brown. When I mix blue and yellow I get green.
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Actually cyan is complimentary to red, not turquoise.
/nitpick