Re: Why are Aliens never black?

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Date	2016-10-02 08:33 -0700
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Subject	Re: Why are Aliens never black?
From	Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>

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On Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 2:00:22 AM UTC-6, The Starmaker wrote:

> But in 'order' to get Green you first need to mix Yellow with Blue, then
> add Red to get Brown.

No; either you start with Green, or you get Green by mixing Yellow with Cyan, 
since *those* are the *subtractive* primaries.

Oh, well, I suppose if you're mixing _paint_, then Red, Yellow, and Blue rather 
than Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan, are indeed the primaries - just as the 
subtractive primaries (printing press, color film) are Magenta, Yellow, and 
Cyan and the additive primaries (color TV set) are Red, Green, and Blue.

But the point is that one can obtain absurd results if one conflates different 
sets of primaries.

John Savard

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Re: Why are Aliens never black? histree69@yahoo.com - 2016-09-21 17:11 -0700
  Re: Why are Aliens never black? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 20:22 -0400
    Re: Why are Aliens never black? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-21 18:48 -0700
      Re: Why are Aliens never black? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-09-21 21:24 -0600
        Re: Why are Aliens never black? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-09-21 21:18 -0700
          Re: Why are Aliens never black? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 05:59 -0400
        Re: Why are Aliens never black? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-22 04:58 +0000
          Re: Why are Aliens never black? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-09-21 23:16 -0700
            Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 07:35 -0500
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-22 13:48 +0000
            Re: Why are Aliens never black? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-22 12:37 +0000
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-09-22 16:19 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-23 00:55 +0000
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-09-23 03:56 -0400
          Re: Why are Aliens never black? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 06:04 -0400
    Re: Why are Aliens never black? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-09-25 19:16 -0600
      Re: Why are Aliens never black? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-25 21:59 -0500
        Re: Why are Aliens never black? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-26 16:15 -0700
  Re: Why are Aliens never black? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-22 01:20 +0000
    Re: Why are Aliens never black? tsbrueni@gmail.com - 2016-09-21 18:35 -0700
      Re: Why are Aliens never black? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 18:49 -0700
        Re: Why are Aliens never black? William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 21:05 -0700
          Re: Why are Aliens never black? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-25 12:26 -0700
            Re: Why are Aliens never black? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-09-25 18:40 -0700
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-25 19:47 -0700
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-09-26 16:06 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-09-27 10:33 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 08:59 -0700
            Re: Why are Aliens never black? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-09-25 23:50 -0400
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-09-26 01:17 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-09-26 06:56 -0700
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-09-26 08:46 -0700
      Re: Why are Aliens never black? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-22 04:59 +0000
        Re: Why are Aliens never black? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-09-25 19:20 -0600
          Re: Why are Aliens never black? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-09-26 01:43 +0000
            Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-29 23:38 -0700
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Bast" <fakename@nomail.invalid> - 2016-09-30 03:25 -0400
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Serigo <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-09-30 09:11 -0500
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-09-30 16:39 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Serigo <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-09-30 20:36 -0500
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-01 11:34 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-10-02 08:05 +0200
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-02 01:02 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-10-02 08:33 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-02 19:26 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-02 11:11 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-02 12:13 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-02 12:43 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-02 13:18 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-03 12:27 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-10-02 08:29 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Martin" <martinm@outlook.com> - 2016-10-04 01:37 +0200
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-04 10:33 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-04 10:36 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-10-04 14:26 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-10-04 15:27 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-10-04 12:36 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-10-06 08:00 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2016-10-04 12:49 -0500
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-10-06 08:02 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-06 12:10 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-07 02:12 +0000
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-06 21:27 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-07 05:44 +0000
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-06 23:00 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-07 09:19 +0000
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-10-07 05:16 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-07 09:30 +0000
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-10-07 05:47 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-07 12:15 +0000
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-07 10:01 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-07 20:15 +0000
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2016-10-07 17:25 -0500
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-10-08 07:30 +0200
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-10-08 07:24 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2016-10-08 10:54 -0500
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? Beam Me Up Scotty <Not-Sure-For-President@Idiocracy.gov> - 2016-10-08 18:57 -0400
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2016-10-08 18:50 -0500
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-08 12:32 -0700
                Re: Why are Aliens never black? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-10-08 14:42 -0700
              Re: Why are Aliens never black? Hägar <hsahm@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-06 18:19 -0700
          Re: Why are Aliens never black? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-09-25 19:44 -0700
    Re: Why are Aliens never black? "Michael R N Dolbear" <me@privacy.net> - 2016-09-25 17:02 +0100

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