2022
shrimp colour drama
(mander.xyz)
A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
Rules
This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
Pink isn't real. There is no wavelength of light that is pink.
Its bright red, maybe toward purple! Brown is dark orange.
Light frequencies between blue and red don't exist.
This person colors
Clearly, it's light-ish red.
For pink light to be perceived, it needs red cones to fully react, and both green and blue cones to only partially activate.
https://gizmodo.com/if-the-color-pink-doesnt-scientifically-exist-why-can-1464266788
Wavelength of green light = 550nm
Wavelength of pink light = N/A
There is no disagreement. Merriam/Websters definition of color is not scientific. Science says pink light doesn't exist.