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Aug 24, 2021 11:05:59   #
selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA
 
Uuglypher wrote:
... hence the invention of magenta - a lovely color, but not hue of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. ...

Yet it's a real color, just like yellow and cyan.

It's easier to think of the complementary colors as what they are not in terms of digital and film color:

Cyan is not red. It's made from green and blue.

Magenta is not green. It's made from red and blue.

Yellow is not blue. It's made from red and green. That's the one that take some getting used to. The other two make more sense.

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Aug 24, 2021 11:44:56   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
Thanks, Dave.

A duly noted duly picked nit.
--Bob
Uuglypher wrote:
Bob,
As usual, from you, a superbly thought-out and admirably presented disquisition!
But I must, of course pick an infinitesimal nit:
The “color wheel” is often thought to be simply a circular representation of spectral hues - a linear series of a naturally occurring continuum of sequence of wavelengths of electromagnetic irradiation perceptible to the human eye - but actually it is not. In converting spectral hues into a “color wheel”, a non-spectral color must be inserted to close that convenient circle of “colors” , hence the invention of magenta - a lovely color, but not hue of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation.
There, nit duly picked, but a wonderful read for a’that!

Dave
Bob, br As usual, from you, a superbly thought-out... (show quote)

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