color

A four-panel SMBC comic. A child lies in bed and asks their mom, who sits beside the bed, how it's possible that yellow and blue make green. The mom, a woman with dark hair and round glasses wearing a yellow shirt, replies, "It helps to think in terms of murder." In a close-up, she explains that blue paint is just paint that murders every color but blue, and yellow paint murders every color but yellow. Smiling, she continues that when you combine the two, a scattered remnant at their border, called green, is all that remains. The child responds flatly that this is both anthropomorphic and not appropriate for children. The mom, raising both hands cheerfully, says, "Then we introduce red to finish them off." Votey: a close-up of the mom grinning wide-eyed, declaring, "When you know science, murder is everywhere!"