A Conversation for Purple

Omission or exclusion?

Post 1

Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired

Traveller in Times smiley - tit playing with coloured light
"Black light is in the violet part of the spectrum, technically not purple. However . . .

Illuminating a white sheet of paper will make it purple coloured.

The glass used for black lights; so called *Wood's glass* is discribed as bluish purple. "


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Post 2

Gnomon - time to move on

I didn't consider violet to be the same colour as purple when writing this. They're quite different.


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