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my reasoning: the actual colors we can see -> the wavelengths that we can extrapolate to -> basically extrapolated wavelengths plus an 'unpure-ness' factor -> not even real wavelengths (ok well king blue and maybe lavender if I'm being generous could be)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Try wrapping your head around colors used in taxonomic keys for a bit.