eli5: why do we use red green blue instead of the primary colours for light

Question

i kinda understand the difference between subtractive and addictive colours but i don’t understand why we use green instead of yellow for lights

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Answer 1

ELi5 answer…

Red, Green, Blue is pure light and the official primary colours that create all other colours.

Paint / Ink is impure, that’s why they have to use red, yellow and blue to achieve the same result.