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Anyone who works continually with colors acquires, in time, the ability to anticipate the result of mixing familiar colors. Knowledge acquired in this manner cannot be imparted to others and cannot be applied to new colors without an extended series of experiments with them. It is often possible to calculate the result of mixing colors from the characteristics of the components. When valid, this procedure yields quantitative results of high precision and does not require familiarity with the component colors. The principles upon which such calculations are based are discussed in this chapter.
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MacAdam, D.L. (1985). Color Mixture. In: Color Measurement. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38681-0_4
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