[POLL] What is Your Favorite Color?

Amused

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Originally posted by: eits
uh... primary colors = red, yellow, blue... not magenta, yellow, and cyan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_colors

Traditionally, the colors red, yellow, and blue are considered to be primary pigments in the art world. However, technically, they are not primaries. The three primary colors of pigments are magenta, yellow, and cyan. (Thus when calling "red, yellow, and blue" the primary colors of pigment, "red" is an inaccurate way of saying "magenta" and "blue" is an inaccurate way of saying "cyan").
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: eits
uh... primary colors = red, yellow, blue... not magenta, yellow, and cyan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_colors

Traditionally, the colors red, yellow, and blue are considered to be primary pigments in the art world. However, technically, they are not primaries. The three primary colors of pigments are magenta, yellow, and cyan. (Thus when calling "red, yellow, and blue" the primary colors of pigment, "red" is an inaccurate way of saying "magenta" and "blue" is an inaccurate way of saying "cyan").

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In kindergarten you probably learned that the primary colours are (
a) red yellow blue .

Later on you learned that those are `subtractive' primaries, good when colours are produced by subtracting light, as in printing, or when mixing colours from a paintbox. You further learned that a better set of subtractive primaries is
(b) magenta yellow cyan .


You also learned that there are `additive' primaries, good when colours are produced by adding light, as in TVs and computer monitors,
(c) red green blue .






 

waggy

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wait! megenta is a puppy on blues clues! so the poll is wrong!


/sorry been watching blues clues this morning..sigh
 

Jeff7

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Green, especially from the pure green LEDs. I think that's around 550nm


Red, green, and blue - the REAL primary colors. :p
 

RichUK

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RallyMaster
black and orange. like Yate Loons?

Black isn't a color.

Black is a colour.

The name Black represents the colour of this very text you are reading.

If you are looking at a light spectrum, then yes black isn?t a colour as black is a total absence of light.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: RichUK
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RallyMaster
black and orange. like Yate Loons?

Black isn't a color.

Black is a colour.

The name Black represents the colour of this very text you are reading.

If you are looking at a light spectrum, then yes black isn?t a colour as it has a total absence of light.

"Colour" isn't a word, you silly limey. :p
 

RichUK

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RichUK
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RallyMaster
black and orange. like Yate Loons?

Black isn't a color.

Black is a colour.

The name Black represents the colour of this very text you are reading.

If you are looking at a light spectrum, then yes black isn?t a colour as it has a total absence of light.

"Colour" isn't a word, you silly limey. :p

Ohh but it is my yankee friend. :D

 

Amused

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Originally posted by: RichUK
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RichUK
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: RallyMaster
black and orange. like Yate Loons?

Black isn't a color.

Black is a colour.

The name Black represents the colour of this very text you are reading.

If you are looking at a light spectrum, then yes black isn?t a colour as it has a total absence of light.

"Colour" isn't a word, you silly limey. :p

Ohh but it is my yankee friend. :D

Just another Brit mispelling. Unnecessarily adding Us to words. :p