[Old Professer]

A while back, Habitat for Humanity was accepting partly-empty cans of paint and an employee decided to mix a lot of the cans together; to their surprise, no matter what proportions they used as long as each primary color was included in the mix, the resultant color was a muddy grey.

As it was unattractive, most people painted over it after application.

[monday]

"employee decided to mix a lot of the cans together; to their surprise, no matter what proportions they used as long as each primary color was included in the mix, the resultant color was a muddy grey."

You realize that genetics doesn't work the same way as paint mixing don't you?

[Stone Mountain]

Hybrid vigor doesn't apply to paint...

[AuH2ORepublican]

"as long as each primary color was included in the mix, the resultant color was a muddy grey."

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Well, equal parts red, yellow and blue make brown, and equal parts black and white make gray, so if the three primary colors plus black and white were all included it makes sense that it would be a "muddy gray." My wife would describe that as "mouse-colored," although it's quite unfair to mice.

[hocndoc]

That's what happens in the dryer lint filter, too.