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LESSON 6 · Light, Sound & the Invisible Spectrum

PAUSE TO THINK

Why is magenta sometimes called 'minus green'?

Green is missing

Magenta is triggered by red and blue together with green switched off, so it acts as the visual opposite of green. That is why printers and screens treat it as 'white minus green' rather than as a color with its own wavelength.

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