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  Re: default pigment  
From: Warp
Date: 13 Jan 2011 14:57:56
Message: <4d2f5943@news.povray.org>
Zeger Knaepen <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote:
> Suddenly I wondered, why is black the default pigment? Wouldn't white 
> make more sense?

  Because black is the lack of any color, which makes sense as a default.
(Also, if you think about it in term of numbers, zero makes sense as a
default.)

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                                                          - Warp


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