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by tobr 2562 days ago
Subpixels of modern high resolution screens are below what a normal eye can resolve, but that really isn’t necessary to perceive apparent shades of color. You get the same experience even with a very low resolution RGB screen, where you can distinguish the subpixel elements easily.

It’s not right to say that the balls are “brown”, when they are in fact striped brown and red/green/blue. It’s like saying that a zebra is black if you just ignore the white.