An Unseen Color
As far as I know, there are eight main colors- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, black, white- and millions of “minor” colors, rooted from the shades of the main colors (ie gray, pink, brown, etc). Then, there’s also transparency- which isn’t really a color, but some people or stores consider it as such, like when I buy cellophane from the bookstore or tinted shades from GAP. Yes, we have millions of shades that make this world colorful – in fact, the eye can distinguish up to 10 million different shades!- but did you know that there is actually an invisible color?
Color can be seen because of the absorption and refraction of wavelengths from light, but there is one color whose wavelength is so far up the charts that it is invisible to the naked eye! This is the ultraviolet shade, which comes in rays, showers and bursts of light. This is the “UV rays” from the sun that can harm our skin, and the “UV” chips that allow us to see holograms. It’s also the “UV” ink used for those “invisible” stamps in amusement parks or night clubs. It has a whole lot of uses and disadvantages, but its most fascinating characteristic is its ability to hide in plain sight 