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Orange,violet and yellow have different frequencies. How can we see them, as we have only three receptors rgb?

Merely combining those frequencies cannot generate a new one.

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    $\begingroup$ This question has rather detailed answers in the physics community. In a nutshell - they don't see other frequencies, but rather the color is determined by our brain by the relative excitation of different cones. $\endgroup$
    – Roger V.
    Commented Jul 30, 2021 at 10:32
  • $\begingroup$ How does your compute display create all sorts of colors when it has only 3 colors of pixels? $\endgroup$
    – jamesqf
    Commented Jul 30, 2021 at 15:43

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