Thread:BunsenH/@comment-25868382-20151205172448/@comment-24577221-20151205201417

First: anything that I say on this subject is based on my "model" of how the Glowbes' appearance is determined from its colour combinations. I think it's a pretty good model, and other people use the same model. Others may disagree. Even allowing for that factor, human colour perception plays a role. A combination of blue and green looks brighter than a combination of blue and red with the same proportions.

Now, if you're talking about a Glowbe with a white bulb, that's the same as a Glowbe with a black body. You can get arbitrarily close, but it's impossible to get the colours balanced perfectly.

If you're talking about a Glowbe with a white body, that's impossible. A Glowbe can never be lighter than the brighter of its two parents. I can prove it for you mathematically if you really want, but it might be a bit tedious... both to read and to write. :-)