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minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoDefinition I’m using is any color that can be expressed as a single wavelength of light. Purple cannot be, since it’s actually two wavelengths simultaneously.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoPerceiving it as a color seems more practical though. It’s not like we look at “red” and think “ah yes, a single wavelength of light”
Definition I’m using is any color that can be expressed as a single wavelength of light. Purple cannot be, since it’s actually two wavelengths simultaneously.
Perceiving it as a color seems more practical though. It’s not like we look at “red” and think “ah yes, a single wavelength of light”