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  2. Spectral color - Wikipedia

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    A spectral color is a color that is evoked by monochromatic light, i.e. either a spectral line with a single wavelength or frequency of light in the visible spectrum, or a relatively narrow spectral band (e.g. lasers ). Every wave of visible light is perceived as a spectral color; when viewed as a continuous spectrum, these colors are seen as ...

  3. Color - Wikipedia

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    Color. Colored pencils. Color ( American English) or Colour ( British and Commonwealth English) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though color is not an inherent property of matter, color perception is related to an object's light absorption, reflection, emission spectra and interference.

  4. Color wheel - Wikipedia

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    A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc. Some sources use the terms color wheel and color circle interchangeably; [2] [3] however, one term or the other may be more prevalent in certain fields ...

  5. Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways/Colours list - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways/Colours list. This page contains a list of colours used in previous/next station boxes on UK railway station (and related/similar) articles, believed to be up-to-date as of 26 December 2023. Some of the colours have templates (e.g. { { NXEA colour }}) which can be used to implement them.

  6. Indigo - Wikipedia

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    Indigo is a term used for a number of hues in the region of blue.The word comes from the ancient dye of the same name.The term "indigo" can refer to the color of the dye, various colors of fabric dyed with indigo dye, a spectral color, one of the seven colors of the rainbow as described by Newton, or a region on the color wheel, and can include various shades of blue, ultramarine, and green-blue.

  7. The Color Purple (1985 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes.It is based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, marking a turning point in his career as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known.

  8. ROYGBIV - Wikipedia

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    ROYGBIV is an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. There are several mnemonics that can be used for remembering this color sequence, such as the name "Roy G. Biv" or sentences such as " Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain".

  9. Secondary color - Wikipedia

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    A RYB color wheel with tertiary colors described under the modern definition. RYB is a subtractive mixing color model, used to estimate the mixing of pigments (e.g. paint) in traditional color theory, with primary colors red, yellow, and blue. The secondary colors are green, purple, and orange as demonstrated here: red.