Color theory dyes, paints and inks. It also created the dyes and chemical processes necessary for color photography. As a result, three-color printing became aesthetically and economically feasible in mass printed media, and the artists' color theory was adapted to primary colors most effective in inks or photographic dyes: cyan, magenta, and yellow (CMY). (In printing, dark colors are supplemented by a black ink, known as the CMYK system; in both printing and photography, white is provided by the color of the paper.) These CMY primary colors were reconciled with the RGB primaries, and subtractive color mixing with additive color mixing, by
Blue–green distinction in language in Amazigh language is "Azerwal". In some dialects of Amazigh, like Shilha, the word "Azegzaw" is used for both green and blue. The color of the sky is sometimes referred to as "the green" in Classical Arabic poetry, in which it is al-khaḍrā' (). In Arabic the word for blue is generally "azraq" (). The Arabic word for green is "akhḍar" (). In Moroccan Arabic, the word for light blue is "šíbi", whereas "zraq" () stands for blue and "khḍar" () for green. The word "zrag" () is used to describe the color of a suffocated person, and is also