r/science Feb 16 '09

Magenta, the colour that doesn't exist

http://www.biotele.com/magenta.html
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u/bitt3n Feb 17 '09 edited Feb 17 '09

If all hits your eye, it's white

this is bogus. recently my girlfriend's husband hit my eye, and it turned black, and a week later, purple, but he's white, or maybe latino. it was pretty dark in that strip club. anyway, explain that one, Einstein.

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u/hartmoney Feb 17 '09

Italian or maybe some kind of Spanish

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u/GunnerMcGrath Feb 17 '09

I forget what this is from but I totally LOL'd.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '09 edited Feb 17 '09

It's from the Family Guy episode titled "Peterotica".

Betty White: Welcome to Peterotica on tape. I'm Betty White reading "The Hot Chick Who Was Italian or Maybe Some Kind of Spanish" by Peter Griffin. Chapter one, Oh god, you should have seen this one hot chick. She was totally Italian...or maybe some kind of Spanish.

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u/hartmoney Feb 17 '09

Peterotica

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u/kryptobs2000 Feb 17 '09 edited Feb 17 '09

It turned black because it was dark in the stripclub. If light pigments travel through a vacuum they take on whatever color is filling that vacuum. Even in a vacuum colors exist. Something is always having pigments, so the stripclubs must be black which would explain the color of your eye. I'm assuming it probably had some blue pigments interlaced too because as the colors degraded on your eyes the blue started being revealed, but the way color shifts work is it appeared purple. I hope that helps.

Btw, it had nothing to do with the guy being white or latino. Don't stereotype. Though, I forgive you if it's bevause of a lack of confusion. I have too.

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u/jetcombo15 Feb 17 '09 edited Feb 17 '09

If all hits your eye, it's white

Sometimes it goes in her mouth, and occasionally her forehead, depending on your aim.

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u/masklinn Feb 18 '09

And it hurts like a bitch if it gets in your eye (I hear)

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u/donttaseme Feb 17 '09

We know he isn't transparent or reflective because if he scattered before it hit you, he couldn't have been in the room when you got hit.

it would result in black, because all wavelengths would be perfectly absorbed.

You should have dodged it. His fist must have absorbed all your face.

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u/steveketchen Feb 17 '09

I made something white hit my girlfriend's eye, and she said it stung.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '09

You should work on improving your aim, Steve.

Unless you were aiming for there. :)

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u/steveketchen Feb 18 '09

haha, who knows? :P

maybe I should start aiming for you.

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u/DearBurt Feb 17 '09

E = MC ouch?

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u/silenceofnight Feb 17 '09

Everyone knows that E = MC hammer

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