Color mixing correspond to ideal subtractive color mixing because some light from the subtracted color is still being reflected by one component of the original paint. This results in a darker and desaturated color compared to the color that would be achieved with ideal filters. The three primary colors in subtractive mixing that produce the largest gamut are yellow, magenta and cyan, leading to the CMYK color model widely used in color printing. Historically, painters have used yellow, red and blue in place of these, resulting in reduced gamut. In subtractive mixing of color, the absence of color is white and the
Blue and Green Music Blue and Green Music Blue and Green Music is a 1919–1921 painting by the American painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Painted in her New York years upon the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye, "Blue and Green Music" is a work of rhythm, movement, color, depth, and form. It is also one of the paintings that was expressed by her feelings. The painting uses colors that are both subtle and bold in order to capture the variance of tones that one would find in music. O'Keeffe described music as being able to be "translated into something for