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A comment on The Difference Between ‘Violet’ and ‘Purple’ (2015). Parent comment

Re:The Difference Between ‘Violet’ and ‘Purple’ (2015) by ddeck on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @09:01AM (#19553551)
>do you by any chance have a handy link to an actual graph on how cones react to various spectra of light?

I think you'll find everything you need here:

http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color1.html

and elsewhere on the same fantastically web 1.0 style site[1]. Bruce Macevoy is an artist with penchant for color theory.

[1] https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wcolor.html

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Re:The Difference Between ‘Violet’ and ‘Purple’ (2015) by reitanqild on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @09:58AM (#19554111)
> elsewhere on the same fantastically web 1.0 style site[1].

Refreshing! I want to read that site even if I don't care too much about colours.

(The only thing I kind of miss is if it could be even easier to read on mobile.)

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