The loss of violet

[steuard]

I was thinking about color this morning (yes, I do these things), and I was struck by a disturbing thought: when did I last see violet? Not purple, which I see all the time, but actual violet. [I'm not the first person to wonder this: here's a very thorough discussionPurple, as you no doubt recall, is a compound color: it's what we perceive when we

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[kirinn]

Well, I can upload the picture of what they *don't* really look like. The one below is definitely a deep violet in person. And meanwhile, I noticed I also have several pictures of flowers on my phone that *do* look purple, meaning that unlike the Iris they're reflecting red wavelengths.

[steuard]

That's really striking and beautiful even in this picture, but yeah, I'd love to see what it really looks like.