02:59
<ulipo1991>
hi all
21:27
<foolip>
TabAtkins: I liiked your color post as well, thanks for sharing!
21:32
<TabAtkins>
Welcome, I'm glad it was useful to someone else! I've only seen an explanation of that phenomenon *once*, which is surprising, because it makes perfect sense.
21:32
<TabAtkins>
Maybe most people just never thought to wonder where purple comes from?
21:33
<jgraham>
I suspect people just feel like it's supposed to be "obvious" so it's a bit embarassing to ask
21:39
<TabAtkins>
True. I never knew *how* to ask it for the longest time, which was also part of the problem.
21:39
<TabAtkins>
Just saying "why is the spectrum a line but the hue circle a circle" is confusing.