like if you wanted to mix paint to get a color from a computer would you do the opposite of what the RGB value is? I'm confused

like if I wanted to take the RBG code R:99, G: 66, B, 33 wouldn't it look more lightful than if I mixed paint into 1 part blue, 2 part green, 3 part red? how would you paint a color code?

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[–] 5 points 8 months ago

Paints absorb light really Red paint should be -#00FFFF so under white light the light becomes FFFFFF-00FFFF -> FF0000

Of course under blue light (0000FF) it becomes 000000

If you mix paints you end up with -FFFFFF which turns any light into 000000.

Basically consider paint a transformation when it comes to light rather than a source

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