Why are the RGB values for white and black [1 1 1] and [0 0 0], respectively?

[enwar3]

Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

 

[Ns1]

uh no

*facepalm*

 

[her209]

Stop it. Just stop it.

 

[nonameo]

Yeah, I would think 255 255 255 for white and 0 0 0 for black.

 

[Vehemence]

http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html may help?

 

[nakedfrog]

Did I wake up in Bizarro world again?

 

[RedArmy]

This post can't be for real.

 

[DaveSimmons]

You have one of those new "inkjet" monitors?

Replacing the cartridges every few minutes must get old.



Hint: monitors use projected light, not reflected. When you turn off your monitor the screen doesn't turn white.

 

[Ns1]

.

 

[spidey07]

Somebody failed 1st grade art.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

So, when you turn off all the lights at night your room fills with white light?

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

So, when you turn off all the lights at night your room fills with white light?

lol

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

So, when you turn off all the lights at night your room fills with white light?

hahahaha

 

[BlueAcolyte]

O rly?

 

[yhelothar]

http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=7710&rendTypeId=4

learn newton's experiment.

 

[paulxcook]

Press your face to the monitor so I can slap you.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

 

[Shawn]

I'm just here for the pwnage.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

LOL

The educational system has failed another one of us it seems...

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: nonameo
Yeah, I would think 255 255 255 for white and 0 0 0 for black.

That would be correct, 1 1 1 will still pretty much be black.

 

[Caecus Veritas]

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

So, when you turn off all the lights at night your room fills with white light?

hahahaha

he said absence of color not light... learn to read before you make fun of others.

i'm not too familiar with RGB values, but from my understanding of color, we perceive it by the different light spectrum that is bounced off of the object.... to get more technical, color is not an absolute, it's rather just part of an object's property.

and yes there are arguments that white is the absence of color, although there are arguments against that as well. it's not as easy of a concept as some of you make it out to be.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

So, when you turn off all the lights at night your room fills with white light?

He's just confused. Some jerk switched the on/off labels.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Caecus Veritas

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

So, when you turn off all the lights at night your room fills with white light?

hahahaha

he said absence of color not light... learn to read before you make fun of others.

i'm not too familiar with RGB values, but from my understanding of color, we perceive it by the different light spectrum that is bounced off of the object.... to get more technical, color is not an absolute, it's rather just part of an object's property.

and yes there are arguments that white is the absence of color, although there are arguments against that as well. it's not as easy of a concept as some of you make it out to be.

Even if he's arguing that, neither black nor white are "colors." White is a tint, black is a shade. They are combined with colors to form new colors, but neither is a color on their own.

Wiki

 

[Caecus Veritas]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: Caecus Veritas

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: enwar3
Doesn't it make more sense that black is the presence of all three R+G+B and white is the absence of color?

So, when you turn off all the lights at night your room fills with white light?

hahahaha

he said absence of color not light... learn to read before you make fun of others.

i'm not too familiar with RGB values, but from my understanding of color, we perceive it by the different light spectrum that is bounced off of the object.... to get more technical, color is not an absolute, it's rather just part of an object's property.

and yes there are arguments that white is the absence of color, although there are arguments against that as well. it's not as easy of a concept as some of you make it out to be.

Even if he's arguing that, neither black nor white are "colors." White is a tint, black is a shade. They are combined with colors to form new colors, but neither is a color on their own.

Wiki

no, you get white because that specific object is reflecting all the visible light spectrum back (and therefore white, which contains the visible colors when broken down). black objects are the opposite.

but the point is, depending on how you're defining the word "color", how you interpret whether something is a color or not, or whatever, it will change. seeing some of the posts above that make fun of the OP, i think our education system has failed on an epic scale.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Caecus Veritas
but the point is, depending on how you're defining the word "color", how you interpret whether something is a color or not, or whatever, it will change. seeing some of the posts above that make fun of the OP, i think our education system has failed on an epic scale.

We're not discussing "color", we're discussing RGB values.