Why do printers have CMYK ink instead of RYB & black ink?

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Why do printers have CMYK ink instead of RYB & black ink?

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RYB aren’t actually the primary colors. CYM and black are the true primary colors for ink mixing(the K stands for black)

The reason we think RYB are primary is because it’s pretty close to CYM but it uses more common colors. (red is used more often than magenta and blue is used more often than cyan) As a result, lots of schools and art classes just approximate the primary colors as RYB.

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