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rcfox on Aug 17, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hey, Bethesda Let’s settle this

Black is the absence of colour. White is composed of all other colours.

yalue on Aug 17, 2011 [–]

Only in additive color mixing. In subtractive mixing, it's the opposite.

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