Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5)

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/eli5

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If brown is actually a darker shade of orange (Wikipedia), then how do we get light brown and not orange?

How is it possible to be light and a "darker shade" at the same time?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Believe it or not, I came to ask this right after this very video and confirming elsewhere.

The video, however, does not address this matter

[–] Doorbook 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think he address it in the “context” part. It is a perception thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

But there can be two shades of brown in the same context