Color Frequency (THz) Wavelength (nm)
Red 400-484 620-750
Orange 484-508 590-620
Yellow 508-526 570-590
Green 526-606 495-570
Blue 606-668 450-495
Violet 668-789 380-450
Units
❋ THz – terahertz
❋ nm – nanometer
https://sciencestruck.com/color-spectrum-chartWhen discussing "color", we have to understand that it is usually with general usage basis. When we need to be precise, we have to move away from arbitrary to specific denotations. How to come to a reasoned, rational definition that can used to peg our conversation? As someone who does painting, it is amazing to go into an art store to peruse the span of colors available in tubes. I use a color wheel to match up. Bottom line, I have to discover what is given as a name descriptor for a particular hue. Or mix a group of colors to work out closest to what I am looking for.
To say that a particular color did not exist is to say that the name has not been pegged to a color wheel. Nor identified with a convention about colors.
For example:
138 Describing Words to Describe The Color White (
https://describeweb.com/describing-words-describe-color-white/)
White is the purest color. There are many words that relate to the color “white”, and here is a list with 138 examples.
Linen // Spotless // Sheet White // Vacant // Birch // Sugar White // Flawless // Lilly White // Unsullied// Contrast White // Unspotted // Milky // Well-Kept // Dove White // Faultless // Eburnea //
Cotton White // Obscure // Lace White // Unstained // Leucous // Sanitary // Unsoiled // Simple //
Canvas Beige // Pallid // Transparent // Ivory // White Albino // White Cleansed // Achlorophyllaceous //
Clear // Shell White // Waxen White // Cream // Mother-Of-Pearl // Milk White // Eggshell White //
Uncomplete // Paper White // Chalky // Barren // Unmarked // Albugineous // Faded // Navajo White //
White Chocolate // Nude // Virgin // Frosted White // Crisp // Washed-Out // Plain // Cretaceous //
Ghastly // Washed // Elegant // Mushroom // Candid // Bright // Bare // Argent //
Sheep White // Untouched // Marshmallow White // Winter Snow // Taintless // Pearl White // Whey//
Seashell White // Eggshell // Hygienic // Old Lace White // Raw Cotton White // Diamond // Delicate
Bisque // Pale // Vanilla // Neutral // Unused // Empty // Unblemished // Bleached White //
Spotless White // Ashen White // Tidy // Solid White // Silvery White// Niveous // Candent // Pure white //
Off-White // Trim // Auricomous // Wan // Canescent // Fresh // Polar White// Fair//
Arctic White // Flour White // Unfilled // Chalk White // Immaculate // Coconut White // Graceful//
Ghost White // Hoary // Blanched White // Toothpaste White // Snow White // Unpolluted//
White Smoke // Void Blank // Alabaster // New // Neat // Vacuous // Wedding White // Bloodless
Creamy // Clear // Porcelain // Linen White // Pearly // Shining Star White // Opal //
Cloudy // Powder White// Untarnished // Orderly / Fog White // Antique White // Shining //
Piano Key White // Bone White // Albicant //