Why rgb and not ryb?
Seeing as how the three primary colors are red yellow and blue (RYB), why do monitors and almost all the GUI components out there use red *green* blue (RGB)? (If I'm not mistaken, printers use the ryb model.)

Is there a historical, hardware/software, or other reason for it?
Why rgb and not ryb?
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Seeing as how the three primary colors are red yellow and blue (RYB), why do monitors and almost all the GUI components out there use red *green* blue (RGB)? (If I'm not mistaken, printers use the ryb model.)

Is there a historical, hardware/software, or other reason for it?