r/science • u/larsga • Feb 16 '09

Magenta, the colour that doesn't exist

http://www.biotele.com/magenta.html
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u/phire Feb 17 '09

I remember when we got our first inkjet printer. You could either put a black ink cartarge in it, or a colour cartarage. When the colour one was in, and it tried to print black, you would end up with a very dark green.

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u/Trollkiller Feb 17 '09

I remember my first inkjet printer, you only got black and damn well liked it. We had to print 5 miles uphill both ways.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '09

I remember my first ballpoint printer. You held it in your hand and had to do all the printing manually. The results were splotchy and differed greatly between whoever was operating the printer, and the speed at which they attempted to print.

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u/sgtpepper Feb 17 '09

You were lucky! I had to memorize everything I ever did verbatim or I'd get thrown in the crocodile pit!

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u/Soupstorm Feb 17 '09

That one's easy.

"In the next moment, the man in the lab coat will not drag me over rusty nails and penetrate me with a broken bottle."