Re: What Is The Point Of Dark Mode?

On 21 Feb 2025 18:29:31 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

They must really be more like paints. Ink dyes the paper - it's a
subtractive process, hence mix all the colours on an ink-jet printer and
you get black. Onto black paper, ink can only make the black darker.

When you apply the ink (or paint) as a layer on the paper, then the light
has to reflect off that ink before it gets to the paper. This is similar
to how a blackboard works, which is how you can write light-coloured text
on a dark blackboard.

Subtractive mixing requires actually mixing the paints.