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Record 1 1998-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
DEF

Colour stimulus having its colour point on the plane in colour space joining the ends of the spectrum locus.

Key term(s)
  • saturated purple

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
DEF

Couleur non spectrale qui ne peut être obtenue que par mélange du rouge spectral extrême [...] et du violet spectral extrême [...] [Définition normalisée par l'AFNOR.]

OBS

pourpre saturé : Autre appellation donnée aux «pourpres» proprement dits, ou «pourpres purs», pour les distinguer des pourpres non saturés.

OBS

pourpre; pourpre pur; pourpre saturé : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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