Comment by p1necone
2 years ago
Cyan is just another shade of blue to me. The colour you get when you google image search "cyan" is definitely more blue than green to my eyes.
2 years ago
Cyan is just another shade of blue to me. The colour you get when you google image search "cyan" is definitely more blue than green to my eyes.
That's partially a cultural effect of many peers calling cyan blue.
Same as chartreuse and turquoise just getting called a weird shade of green, names affect perception.
Worse, if you call cyan blue, turquoise may become a weird shade of blue too, even though it's not even close.
Open up any digital drawing program. Adjust the color. Max out green and blue. That's cyan. Equal parts both.
Open up that same drawing program on a display with a different color balance. Max out green and blue. What color is that?
RGB values are an arbitrary color coordinate system which does not match up 1:1 with human language.
Human language is precise. Equal parts green and blue is the technical definition of cyan. Why are you imposing an erroneously calibrated device upon the whole of human language? Cyan doesn't stop being cyan just because your monitor is broken.