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?

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    9 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.