Infrayellow

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than yellow, including orange and red. Used by colorblind people, who can't see orange and red. rare, uncountable

    ">Assume for the moment that you are trying to explain "red" to someone who has >been blind from birth. You want to convey the idea as clearly as possible. >Would you use metaphor, or just tell them the wavelength? I would use my omnipotence to make them no longer blind, and then I would will them to understand every color including infrayellow and bleen."

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">Assume for the moment that you are trying to explain "red" to someone who has >been blind from birth. You want to convey the idea as clearly as possible. >Would you use metaphor, or just tell them the wavelength? I would use my omnipotence to make them no longer blind, and then I would will them to understand every color including infrayellow and bleen."

Etymology

From infra- + yellow, based on infrared.

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