Attached Link: http://www.bway.net/~jscruggs/sub.html

As Hoofdcommissaris said, printer inks are transparent so you can get lotsa different colors from so few ink tanks. This is the subtractive color principle -- above's a link that explains it. CRTs use additive color; here's a link that describes *that*: http://www.bway.net/~jscruggs/add.html BTW, this is just the tip of the color iceberg! :) - Bill