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submitted 1 month ago by AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

pffft

just try to imagine Fluorescent Brown.

[–] rovingnothing29@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Neon Brown: #C3732A

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

so, orange.

[–] rovingnothing29@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

pretty much

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

I’ve seen a color that does not exist the second time I broke through on DMT. I can still see it in my mind!

[–] jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Went to the link hoping to see octarine. Saw octarine. Left happy :-)

[–] mlfh 4 points 1 month ago

The section on Chimerical Colors is so cool!

[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

And then some humans have an extra cone type, and can see more colors.