Young's trichromatic color theory has difficulty explaining why
A) a mixture of yellow and blue lights will form the color green.
B) some persons are color blind.
C) any color can be produced by the appropriate mixture of three colors.
D) color is a useful aspect of primate vision.
E) yellow is a primary color.

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Young's trichromatic color theory posits that there are three primary colors (red, green, and blue) that can be mixed to produce other colors. It does not consider yellow as a primary color, which is why it has difficulty explaining yellow as a primary color.

Young's Trichromatic Color Theory Has Difficulty Explaining Why