spectral colors
Light's constituent hues
Spectral colors are the colors that appear when white light passes through a prism or forms a rainbow—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
These are pure, single-wavelength colors as opposed to mixed colors like pink or brown.
The spectrum runs from longer wavelengths (red) to shorter ones (violet), with each color blending into the next.
- refractionWave bending between media
- prismLight-splitting optical element
- dispersionScattering across space
- chromaticityHue-saturation specification
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
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color purity/source
spectral colorssecondary colors
Hues from blending primaries
magenta · purple · grayscale · colorless · muddy colors