If the primary colors of the subtractive theory are cyan, magenta, and yellow, why are the colors in the artist's subtractive theory red, blue, and yellow?


Pigments of cyan and magenta are not found naturally and are not easy to
manufacture. However, red and blue pigments are readily available. This means that
red and blue have been used traditionally by artists as their "primary" colors. A wider
range of colors could be mixed by painters if cyan, magenta, and yellow were used,
but the availability of pigment had led to the continued use of red, blue, and yellow
as the primary colors in the artist's subtractive theory.

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