• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    4 months ago

    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.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      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.