# A Synonym for a color

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796 "2012-12-02T23:40:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/21 "2012-12-03T03:46:51Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> It’s not actually a “color,” since humans can’t see it. …

Excellent point.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/22 "2012-12-03T03:56:02Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> And although the birds and the bees can see it, we don’t know what they call it.

The educated fleas _could_ tell us, but they can’t see it.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/23 "2012-12-03T04:24:37Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Unjustified precision. Ultraviolet is a broad enough range that you can’t really even justify _one_ digit of precision, much less five.

However, when responding to a post that specifically says “350nm”, and not “10 - 400 nm”, it makes sense.

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**Author:** ![Vashbul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/24 "2012-12-03T05:32:35Z")

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[Purple-X](http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec%20Sheets/GE%20Purple-X.htm) (a term I remember being used in the 50s).

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/25 "2012-12-03T06:30:45Z")

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> [@njtt](#):
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> Black light.

Ding. Ding. We have a winner!

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/26 "2012-12-03T07:12:59Z")

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Milla Jovovich.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/27 "2012-12-03T18:52:35Z")

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“Beyond the Blue Horizon”

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/28 "2012-12-03T19:03:16Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> Milla Jovovich.

I think she’s Infra Red.

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**Author:** ![taskmgr.exe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/29 "2012-12-03T19:04:41Z")

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Beyond violet

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-synonym-for-a-color/642796/30 "2012-12-03T19:15:59Z")

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Yep, Black light.

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