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ELI5 how do we get light brown colors? (lemmy.today)
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If brown is actually a darker shade of orange (Wikipedia), then how do we get light brown and not orange?

How is it possible to be light and a "darker shade" at the same time?

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If brown is dark orange and orange is red+yellow, the difference probably has to do with the amount of red in the particular shade.

It’s really hard to say without reference colors to see what you’re thinking of when you say “light brown”

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

Something like this:

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