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[–] KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world 28 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (15 children)

They are combination of colors rather than a specific wavelength. (Similar to white, which is combination of all of them)

Any of the colors can theoretically be created using a combination of multiple colors (see RGB)

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (4 children)

This is wrong

The "combination" is just a lower value, here orange-red.

Colors we can see are a combination of value, chroma (called saturation when it's in a computer) and hue.

I can explain more if someone is interested.

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