A group theoretical treatise on color mixing

TL;DR

This paper explores the mathematical structure of color mixing using group theory, specifically relating primary and secondary colors to representations of the non-abelian group SU(3), revealing their transformation properties.

Contribution

It establishes a novel connection between color theory and group representations, showing how colors correspond to specific SU(3) representations.

Findings

Primary colors relate to triplet representation.

Secondary and tertiary colors transform as anti-triplet and octet.

Colors exhibit symmetry properties under SU(3) transformations.

Abstract

On relating the three primary colors namely red, green and blue with a triplet representation of the non-abelian group $SU(3)$, it is established that the three secondary and six tertiary colors along with two neutral colors transform as anti-triplet and octet under the same group respectively.