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The additive colour model used for screens.
Screen colour.
What It Is
RGB belongs to Technology, specifically the Files part of it. The working definition is simple: the additive colour model used for screens.
It is a label with a settled working definition, so the value is in using it the same way every time. Used with that meaning, it stays a working tool rather than a talking point.
How It's Used
RGB comes up in build decisions, tooling and the plumbing behind a working system. In real work it sits close to CMYK, Hex Code and Colour Palette. The practical test is whether everyone in the room means the same thing by it.
Why It Matters
Getting RGB wrong is expensive in a quiet way. When it is unclear, small technical debts compound into a rebuild. Deciding it deliberately costs one conversation. Leaving it undecided costs several.
It is the short word for a longer explanation. Screen colour.
Termshift™
How the meaning shifts depending on who is using it, and where.
Inside the industry, RGB is used tightly and assumed to be understood: the additive colour model used for screens.
Away from the jargon, it is screen colour.
The Bottom Line
The practical takeaway on RGB: screen colour. Judge it by that, not by how it sounds.