Re: the stupidest Bible story

At some point in the past, Weatherwax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
slavered, and posted this:
> "Fred Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Doug Semler wrote:
>>
>>> I looked around, and it seems no one can agree on the
>>> wavelengths and also whether indigo is an actual color lol.
>>
>> You can't just go by wavelength. Yellow and brown are the same
>> wavelengths. Indigo is a dark blue. About the color of new,
>> unwashed, unfaded blue denim.
>
> I thought wavelength is what made the difference.  I find yellow
> listed as 570 to 590 nanometers, but I can't find the wavelength
> for brown, but looking at a diagram, it should be somewhere
> around 600 nanometers.

So did I...  It's been so long since I've had to know anything about the
visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum that I just don't know
anymore...

And RE Yellow and Brown being the same, I agree and disagree.  The reason I
do so is that generally speaking, the ROY G BV of the visible spectrum are
actually refering to RANGES of wavelength, while a color like Brown or Mauve
or Taupe actually take into account light intensity as well?

I'm just confusing myself more :)

>
> I can't accept a description of indigo being a dark blue, because
> any color can be made darker merely be allowing less light.  Or
> lighter by allowing more light.  It is not how much light is
> reflected, but the wavelength of the light which is reflected
> that is important.
>
>
>>> Personally, I think indigo was added because Mr. BIV wanted
>>> his last name to contain a vowel, and Indigo was used
>>> because the color of the dye obtained from the Indigofera
>>> plants was in the ballpark...
>
> That could be true.

Mr. BIV, of course, is not a member of the nonexistent EAC...


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