[ExI] Magenta (was Re: What is "Elemental Redness"?)

[BillK]

On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 17:53, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> Actually, I think that Magenta might be a better example to think about
> than Red.
>
> With 'Red', it's easy to get confused when talking, because the word
> refers to a band of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation as well as
> a set of subjective experiences associated with it, whereas Mangenta
> doesn't. There's no such thing as Magenta light. So, 'Magenta' only
> exists in our minds, not in the outside world, and we know that talking
> about Magenta is not referring to a wavelength of light that enters the
> eyes. It's a colour that we make up in our heads when we see a certain
> combination of different wavelengths.
>
> Ben
> _______________________________________________


If you do a search for magenta, then look in Images, I see lots of
blocks of colour but they are all different shades of magenta.
My brain is now confused about what magenta is.    :)


BillK