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Yes. typical observers will note a "smooth" gradation between the named
colors.
bc
p.s. I "checked out" LW's ref. and find the convergence of
Newton's physics
and theology most interesting. More to the point: I didn't notice the
author's naming a new color except purpil, which is not a spectral color.
Larry Woolf wrote:
Roy G. Biv are spectral colors but be sure to mention that theyare just 7
distinct colors in the rainbow, not all the colors in the rainbow
See: http://www.opticsforkids.com/resources/Color_7.pdf
and
"What are "all the colors of the rainbow"?," Raymond L. Lee Jr., Applied
Optics, Volume 30, Number 24 . 20 August 1991, pp. 3401-3407.
and other color references at:
http://www.opticsforkids.com/article/articles_by_topic.cfm?topic=1
and other optics references at:
http://www.opticsforkids.com/article/article.cfm
Larry Woolf;General Atomics;San Diego CA
92121;Ph:858-526-8575;FAX:858-526-8568; www.ga.com; www.sci-ed-ga.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard Cleyet
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: a link to some interesting illusions
No one has mentioned Roy G. Biv as spectral definition?