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:Since that particular section doesn't have a citation I'm guessing it's mere opinion. --[[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 02:05, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
:Since that particular section doesn't have a citation I'm guessing it's mere opinion. --[[User:Cracker|Cracker]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Cracker|talk]]</sup> 02:05, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
::No, I didn't cite a source, but it's not opinion, it's fact. One example would be to try to reproduce it with RGB color, e.g. on a computer screen. On a CIE diagram, the three phosphors represent the three vertices of a triangle. All of the colors you can get by lighting up the three phosphors lie in the interior of that triangle. The colors of the spectrum, however, form a rounded shape well outside that triangle.
::Colors made by mixing RGB are distinctly less pure and less saturated than real spectrum colors, especially in the parts of the spectrum that are "in between" the phosphors.
::And a computer screen has a much larger gamut of color than a page printed with ink.
::Color photographs look good, but if you have a chance to hold them up next to the actual thing that was photographed, anyone can see big differences from the real thing. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 12:37, 16 March 2007 (EDT)