If you were to paint your apartment purple by mixing together a can of red paint with a can of blue paint, you'd be using the __________________ mixture method.

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Mixing red and blue paint is an example of subtractive color mixing, which involves adding colors to create darkness and ultimately black. In contrast, additive color mixing involves combining colors of light to create brighter and ultimately white hues. The other answer choices (multiplicative and divisive) are not related to color mixing.

If You Were to Paint Your Apartment Purple by Mixing