Re: Magenta

From: On-line Snack discussion (snaktalk)
Date: Wed Apr 12 2000 - 18:00:45 PDT


You may be able to find helpful information on
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/light/light_tour.html
or http://www.colormatters.com/entercolormatters.html
Give them a try.

Nina Thayer
Snacktalk Moderator
>
> I know magenta color from light is equal parts of Blue and Red. but they
> seem to be on opposite ends of the electromagneticspectrum? What is the
> wave length of Blue? Red? and magneta? in Nanometers.....?//??????
>
> Why is the white light spectrum depicted as a straight line Blue to Red ,
> etc. and if so .... why is Magenta the only color you can obtain from
> combining the lower and upper ends of the white light spectrum?
>
> Can you answer these questions? No, one else can seem to help me. I've even
> found mistakes on afterglow and afterimage in the Americana Encylopedias?
>
> Plese respond
>
> sincerely,
> Benedetto Garacci/Potographer/Artist
> Garacci.com
> email: benedetto@garacci.com
>
> Thank you!
>
>



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