On Apr 10, 12:32 pm, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for this non-Python question, but since it's computer related I > know you guys will have an answer, and I don't really know where else to > ask. Mainly I'm just curious anyway. > > I'm wondering, why do computers use a RGB color scheme instead of the > primary colors? Is there something you can't do with yellow? It seems > weird that RGB can be combined to make all colors, when that's supposed > to be the job of the primary colors. I'm sure there some technical > computer-related reason that it had to be this way. > > Thanks.
See the Wikipedia article on primary colors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_colors The quick answer is that RGB is a method of additive color mixing, and RBY is subtractive (and its not really RBY but YCM). Also, the colors emitted by your monitor are Red, Green and Blue. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
