John Rumm wrote in message
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Chris Nellist wrote:

I would like to get some pots of ordinary emulsion paint
in the primary colours, i.e. cyan, magenta, and
yellow, as used by printers and as easily specifiable in RGB
I don't think it's as simple as that with paint because the colours don't
exist in pigment form. IIRC geranium red, sky blue, and buttercup yellow are
the perfect primaries. Emulsions are all pastel shades anyway so, for a
start, you can't get black.