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Brown is dark orange, cmv.
by gherkinnn 2y ago
Brown is dark orange, cmv.
- dyauspitr 2y agoThat’s like saying green is a yellower blue. It’s all arbitrary.
- treis 2y agoThe names are arbitrary but the underlying color theory is not. Colors are different wavelengths of light and our eyes have sensors that are sensitive to specific wavelengths.
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoMost colors are mixtures of wavelengths of light. Our eyes have sensors that are sensitive to specific ranges of wavelengths, with relatively broad overlapping response curves. Orange can refer to a spectral color, but (as you say) the arbitrary nature of the names means it also refers to several mixtures of spectral colors of varying wavelength and intensity. "Brown" doesn't refer to any spectral color, it's always a mixture which could be referred to as a "dark orange".
- fortran77 2y agoThis is not at all how we perceive color.
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- vultour 2y agoWell that's pretty much a fact, so why exactly do you want someone to change your view?
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