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minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWhat is violet at the end of the visible spectrum, then? We call the higher wavelength stuff ultraviolet, and violet looks purple to me, so I’m having trouble reconciling this stuff with what you’re saying.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoViolet is dark spectral blue, added as a separate color by people who wanted 7 not six colors in the spectrum
minus-squareexasperation@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou’re thinking of indigo. Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet That’s 6.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPerhaps it was the number I misremembered. There definitely is no violet in the spectrum
What is violet at the end of the visible spectrum, then? We call the higher wavelength stuff ultraviolet, and violet looks purple to me, so I’m having trouble reconciling this stuff with what you’re saying.
Violet is dark spectral blue, added as a separate color by people who wanted 7 not six colors in the spectrum
You’re thinking of indigo.
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
That’s 6.
Perhaps it was the number I misremembered. There definitely is no violet in the spectrum