infrayellow

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English

Etymology

From infra- +‎ yellow, based on infrared.

Noun

infrayellow (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than yellow, including orange and red. Used by colorblind people, who can't see orange and red.
    • 2004 December 9, Kevin J. Maroney, “Re: My head just exploded”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      >Assume for the moment that you are trying to explain "red" to someone who has
      >been blind from birth. You want to convey the idea as clearly as possible.
      >Would you use metaphor, or just tell them the wavelength?
      I would use my omnipotence to make them no longer blind, and then I would will them to understand every color including infrayellow and bleen.