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I had a neighbour who embalmed his own wife. (lemmy.world)
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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

I can see true magenta. And it ain't pink.

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago

How do you know?

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

This made me learn about tetrachromamcy and now I feel like Tetrachromamcer should be a class in D&D.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Are you one of those 4-cones people?

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Wait a second people genuinely think magenta is pink?

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Commonly it's thought of as between red and purple. I don't know where pink comes from.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 4 hours ago

I assume it's because of "hot pink" which now I type it sounds like a euphanism.