Re: Mauve and a related conlang question

Nik Taylor wrote:
>Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > Do this in any verifiable way connect to how these frequencies are
> > registered by the eye? Are, say, the "best example" red around the
>frequency
> > best registered by the red taps (if that's the correct English term)?
>
>If by "taps" you mean the cells in the retina that detect color, the
>term in English is "cones".  And, yes, if I recall correctly, these
>"prototype" shades are directly connected with the way the cones detect
>colors.
That was indeed what I meant. Thanks.

                                              Andreas

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