These sorts of mental models are pure, pure gold. I spent a lot of time looking at various descriptions of color spaces and while I could do all the calculation

These sorts of mental models are pure, pure gold. I spent a lot of time looking at various descriptions of color spaces and while I could do all the calculations, I never had a clear understanding of _what_ I was doing and _why_ it worked. So in 4 paragraphs you've managed to leapfrog my understanding far more than weeks of formal training.