Stop Colour Theory

> Violet occupies the highest frequency of the visible light spectrum with a whopping frequency of 668-789THz6. With such a tremendous frequency, you would expect violet to be everywhere - but in reality, it's not found in the natural world with great prevalence. Lavender, eggplant, grape flavoured NerdsTM, and amethysts are among the few naturally occuring violet things.

This is a parody, isn't it? Because "frequency of a wave" has nothing to do with how common it is in nature. It's about how often a wave would switch between high and low, if you measured its amplitude at a fixed point.

Also, grape flavoured NERDS don't occur in nature.

Re: Stop Colour Theory

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Post by tempodox » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 7:50 PM UTC

I'm not convinced. Those “facts” the article speaks about seem to me a matter of highly idiosyncratic belief. Or it's actually satire and I don't get it.

Re: Stop Colour Theory

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Post by s9w » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 7:53 PM UTC

I'm about 70% certain that this is satire.

Re: Stop Colour Theory

#8

Post by happytoexplain » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 7:55 PM UTC

This is satire, but will only come off that way for readers with a knowledge of color theory.

Re: Stop Colour Theory

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Post by Jimbo3 » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 7:56 PM UTC

notriddle wrote: post #5

> Violet occupies the highest frequency of the visible light spectrum with a whopping frequency of 668-789THz6. With such a tremendous frequency, you would expect violet to be everywhere - but in reality, it's not found in the natural world with great prevalence. Lavender, eggplant, grape flavoured NerdsTM, and amethysts are among the few naturally occuring violet things. This is a parody, isn't it? Because "frequenc…

Little purple crunchy fellas? Yeah I've seen them out hiking in Oregon

Re: Stop Colour Theory

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Post by oraknabo » Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 7:58 PM UTC

This has to be a joke. If not, the writer seems to be confused by the difference between additive & subtractive color systems.

I admit to not really having any idea what they are getting at in their proposed replacement system and don't see any way it could be helpful in predicting how colors mix in either paint or monitors.