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Do the “$SU(3)$ colors” live in a 3-dimensional vector space?

Previously I asked a question about the visualized colors: Do the "colors" live in a 3-dimensional vector space? (My earlier question is unfortunately closed) Now I like to ask the “$SU(3)$ ...
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Confusions with gluons. How many of them are there?

Gluons are bicolored objects. They are made out of one color and one anticolor. Therefore, there seems to be nine possible states $r\bar{r},r\bar{b},r\bar{g},b\bar{r},b\bar{b},b\bar{g},g\bar{r},g\bar{...
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