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๐ŸŒˆ The Rainbow Only Contains 72% of All Colors (youtu.be)
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Did someone tell you rainbows contain all the colors? Well, that's not true! It is missing a whopping 28% of colors!๐ŸŒˆ

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[โ€“] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The third parameter is saturation, which comes into play for non-monochromatic (i.e., multiple-wavelength) colors.

[โ€“] MatFi@lemmy.thias.xyz 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is no such thing as a mono wavelength color. There are only spectral densities. Or in other words electromagnetic radiation / photons distributed over some energy.

[โ€“] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is this a weird terminology argument? Because there are definitely ways to produce color that output one specific wavelength of light.

[โ€“] MatFi@lemmy.thias.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Yes at exactly 0K and without quantumechanics..