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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 jacobolus on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @01:21PM (#19556475)
Your second link is on a log scale. The left tail of that long-wavelength cone cell response is not related to the bump in the X of the XYZ color matching functions.
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Re:The Difference Between ‘Violet’ and ‘Purple’ (2015) by cosarara on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @03:03PM (#19557495)
I know it is on a log scale. This shouldn't change whether it goes up or not, it should just change how much it goes up (or down), visually.
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