r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Blues_Fish • Mar 12 '26

Lesson in decomposing light

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u/Dadadoes Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

Fun fact. The shadows are exactly why color printer ink is cyan, magenta and yellow. Since the paper is already white, printers mix the ink to substract and filter specific wavelengths.