like if you wanted to mix paint to get a color from a computer would you do the opposite of what the RGB value is? I’m confused

like if I wanted to take the RBG code R:99, G: 66, B, 33 wouldn’t it look more lightful than if I mixed paint into 1 part blue, 2 part green, 3 part red? how would you paint a color code?

    • Asetru@feddit.org
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      9 hours ago

      Hey dude, is everything okay? It’s just the Internet and just a discussion about printing and colours.

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      10 hours ago

      Quick crash course, we’re gonna ignore K for simplicity, and assume a basic RGB system. Okay, simplest conversion to CMY is…

      C=1-R
      M=1-G
      Y=1-B
      

      I’m totally skipping over a lot of stuff here, but this is about the simplest conversion for example sake.