makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWould you consider purple a warm blue or a cool red?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down16
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWould you consider purple a warm blue or a cool red?makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoSpecifically, purple is not a wavelength, unlike red(s) at ~700nm and blue(s) at ~400nm. Purple is what human eyes see when the blue and red cones are both stimulated by their respective colours of light.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoI like that some people are so confident in their incorrect understanding of something that they’ll downvote the correct answer. What you said is correct.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoUrgh, I go to sleep, wake up, read soooooo much awful wrongness. Thanks for the vote of confidence fact.
minus-squareCerealKiller01@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSo what would be the color created by a wavelength of 550nm?
Specifically, purple is not a wavelength, unlike red(s) at ~700nm and blue(s) at ~400nm.
Purple is what human eyes see when the blue and red cones are both stimulated by their respective colours of light.
I like that some people are so confident in their incorrect understanding of something that they’ll downvote the correct answer.
What you said is correct.
Urgh, I go to sleep, wake up, read soooooo much awful wrongness.
Thanks for the vote of
confidencefact.So what would be the color created by a wavelength of 550nm?