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Comment by GrantMoyer

A single wavelength can't reproduce all visible colors. These pixels are variable wavelength, but can only produce one at a time, so you'd still need at least 2 of these pixels to reproduce any visible color.

The fundamental problem is that color space is 2D[1] (color + brightness is 3D, hence 3 subpixel on traditional displays), but monochromatic light has only 1 dimension to vary for color.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromaticity

parent GrantMoyer 2 years ago

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