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RGB color model |
The RGB (red, green, blue) color model is used with self-luminous devices such as television tubes and computer monitors. It mixes the three primary RGB colors to reproduce all colors found in nature. Mixing 100% of all three colors produces white, and at 0% of all three produces is black. |
RGB is widely used but extremely device-dependent. When the device is changed, the color will change too. It is not suitable for color reproduction when a number of devices, such as a scanner, monitor, and printer must be used together. Since it uses the three additive primary colors, it is not suitable for paints or for the dyes and pigments used in printing, which use a different set of primary colors (cyan, magenta, yellow). |
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