I can never remember, is black all colors and white the absense of color or is it the other way around. Isn't that one of those things that runs counter to what you might think at first? Kinda like how setting speakers side by side narrows dispersion instead of increasing it?
Pretty sure I understand this correctly...
In paint, the primary colors are red, blue, and yellow, with green, orange, and violet being secondary, and adding varying amounts of those three colors eventually getting you to black. The absence of color is white.
Red + green = brown
In light, the primary colors are red, blue, and green, with secondary colors yellow, cyan, and magenta, and adding colors will eventually get you to white. The absence of color is black.
Red + green = yellow
You can also look at it as the ability to reflect or absorb light.
Black absorbs all light, and reflects almost no light.
Red will absorb blue and green light, and reflects red light.
Blue will absorb red and green light, and reflects blue light.
Green will absorb blue and red light, and reflects green light.
White reflects all light, and absorbs almost no light.
Etc.
We now return you to the cabinet coloration debate still in progress.
