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   Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:13:17 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

   Was trying to explain to my eldest why actually cyan, magenta and yellow are the real primary colours, and why red, blue and yellow are not and... Well, it still blows my own mind.

   I get very confused between light/cone colours of red, green and blue being also primaries, which mix together to make C, M and Y, and then if you take the latter three colours as pigments you can mix most anything from them, and just 🤯

   I'm still surprised that magenta and a little yellow makes red.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:13:15 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @sarajw
     I’ve found the “additive / subtracive” distinction very helpful myself; might help your eldest too…. (RGB = additive primary colors, CMY = subtractive primary colors, much follows from there)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:26:44 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @sarajw
     Same!! I mention that specific terminology just because it was what finally got me from 🤨 to 🤯

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     Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:26:45 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands I mean, yes. I know that but I still find it 🤯

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:35:26 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @sarajw
     Oh, I am unaware of this show! Maybe I should be!

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     Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:35:27 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands the eldest is also still only 7 so I don't have to go too deep into the physics of it just yet... But I should remind myself of how it all comes together so I can explain better.

     I blame the BBC children's TV show Colourblocks for bringing up this subject...

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:53:08 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @sarajw
     I’ll bet mine is a bit old for it, but I will check it out! Thank you!

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     Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 03:53:09 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands have you got children? Although yes I'm also entertained by them :)

     There are now 4 shows done by the same animation house - think "learning blocks" or something is the collective term:

     - Alpha blocks
     - Number blocks (my kids LOVE number blocks, and I can see why, they're very good)
     - Colour blocks
     ...and the most new ones
     - Wonder blocks (essentially introducing algorithms!)