Re^2: How many colors does a rainbow have?
by petdance (Parson) on Jan 26, 2009 at 15:05 UTC
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Can you give an example of a number near infinity?
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Yeah, something like that. The Red + Violet thing reduces it from infinity, in my opinion, to something near infinity. Maybe it's INF-1, or even less, but not infinity.
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Re: How many colors does a rainbow have?
by jonadab (Parson) on Jan 28, 2009 at 12:23 UTC
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When I was a kid we always said "red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple", but of course there are a lot of transitional shades in between. I'd count indigo as one of those, since it's not a very well-known color by name. In fact, I've never heard of it at all outside the context of rainbows. Nothing is ever described as being indigo in color. If you're going to list indigo, you may as well include spring green, cyan, periwinkle, aqua, teal, fuschia, and chartreuse while we're at it.
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"We're working on a multi-year set of freely redistributable Vacation Bible School materials."
What exactly does that have to do with Perl?
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Fine. Nothing is ever described as being indigo in color, except that particular section of the visible spectrum.
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