Hello, This is more of a curiosity question. When I was in elementary school I was taught that the primary colours were yellow, blue and red. I used those to create "secondary colours": green, orange, purple.
Today I know that the "primary colours" are red, green and blue since the human retina has 3 kinds of cones which detect precisely those colours. I also know that, when using paints, you use cyan, magneta and yellow because paint colours are subtractive and these are the complements of the primary colours: cyan = white - red magneta = white - green yellow = white - blue I would like to reconcile this, with what I was taught in school. My grade-school teaching got yellow right, and I can see that "cyan" could be taught as "blue" to a kid. But magneta doesn't look like red. Did my grade-school teacher lie to me? Thanks, -- Daniel Carrera Graduate Teaching Assistant. Math Dept. University of Maryland. (301) 405-5137 -- distrain: distrain (di-STRAYN) verb tr., intr. To seize the property in order to force payment for damages, debt, etc. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
