On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 15:32 -0400, John Salerno 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.
You'll find your answer in great detail at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_colors. Television sets and computer screens use the additive color system because they emit light rather than reflect light. Yellow is a subtractive primary color. The additive primary colors are red, green, and blue. -Carsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
