I'm curious: can someone explain why the game does this when I "mix colours"?

[swoo703]

I have discovered something a bit weird with the mechanics of this game. I suspect it must give an indication about how the game was coded but I don't really understand if that discovery is in any way significant or not.

So, if anyone can give me their insight about this, here's my finding:
- If you hold down the Water button and simultaneously press the Yellow Paint button, the gun will switch to Yellow Paint. Release the Yellow Paint button while still holding the Water button and the gun will reverse back to shooting water. OK.
- Now, do the same but by pressing the Red Paint button while holding down the Water button: this time, the gun keeps shooting water and never switches to Red Paint.

And if you try all the combinations, you should get this strange result:
- Holding Water + Pressing Yellow Paint works
- Holding Water + Pressing Red Paint doesn't work
- Holding Yellow Paint + Pressing Water doesn't work
- Holding Yellow Paint + Pressing Red Paint doesn't work
- Holding Red Paint + Pressing Water works
- Holding Red Paint + Pressing Yellow Paint works


Is this the sign that, in the code of the game, there's actually a hierarchy between all the colours?

If so, I guess it means:
- Yellow Paint prevails over everything
- Water only prevails over Red Paint
- Red Paint is at the bottom of the hierarchy.

Now, can anyone tell me why is that? Any developer coming around here, maybe?