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Black and white are condensed rainbows (literature.cafe)
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Mixing every color using light = white

Mixing every color using pigments (paint, ink, etc.) = black

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[โ€“] ricdeh 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean? "Rainbows" relate to frequency while shadows correspond to intensity.

[โ€“] over_clox -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Exactly. Rainbows are a rare phenomenon, shadows are common.

Edit: I have an entire custom software that I wrote to process this very basic concept.