Why do printers combine cyan, magenta and yellow to create a colour image while video displays like TVs and Monitors use Red, Green and Blue?
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TVs and monitors selectively emit light.
Inks and dyes selectively absorb light.
Cyan absorbs red.
Magenta absorbs green.
Yellow absorbs blue.
If you used RGB ink, you wouldn’t be able to show magenta at full brightness, but if you use CMY, you can show red by using both magenta and yellow.
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