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Re:The Problem of Colour by Double_Cast on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @11:41AM (#15915337)
Yellow, cyan, and magenta don't correspond to particular wavelengths. They each correspond to a combination of two particular, adjacent wavelengths.

E.g. a "yellow" wavelength is only as bright as its decomposition into red and green. The fact that red & blue aren't adjacent is a red herring.

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Re:The Problem of Colour by stepik777 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @03:46PM (#15917507)
Yellow is about 575nm, while cyan is 490nm if this diagram is correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PlanckianLocus.png
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