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Chedda-King OP t1_iu59zls wrote

Reply to comment by GeekyTricky in ELI5: why is the color green the magic color for video editing? by Chedda-King

I guess, it isn’t always a screen, sometimes people wear suits and what not

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GeekyTricky t1_iu5am4r wrote

You can't use red because it is too close to human skin.

So that leaves green and blue. Both have been used in the past, but people wear blue or bluish clothes more often than green. Same for props and furniture.

Plus there's some preference for green due to certain compression methods.

Wiki article for details

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