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

Because red, yellow and blue are the primary colors in a subtractive color space. Light, on the other hand, works with additive colors. In an additive color space, the primary colors are red, green and blue.