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Published: 2012-09-10 06:02:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 518; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 18
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Description Inspired by Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.

I attempted to create octarine.

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From Wikipedia: The colour of magic on the Discworld, also referred to as the eighth colour. This fictional colour is strongly indicative of magic and can only be seen by wizards (who sometimes describe it as resembling a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple) and cats. As in conventional human colour vision, colour opponency prevents the perception of reddish-greenish or yellowish-bluish colours; it would therefore be impossible to perceive a colour as “greenish-yellow purple”. If greenish-yellow and purple lights were shone together, a shade of grey would result; with pigments, the result would be brown.[4] The normal human visual system works by the presence of cones and rods in the eye; the ability of Discworld wizards to see octarine is explained by the additional presence of octagon cells.

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Peter-The-Knotter [2012-10-22 12:04:46 +0000 UTC]

wonderful concept!... (I've read most of them.... so would have liked slightly more sparkles/stars... but thats.. just me and doesn't, in any way, detract from the beautiful subtlety of your interpretation... bravo! Peter.

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modestfox In reply to Peter-The-Knotter [2012-10-23 01:27:51 +0000 UTC]

More sparkles would make it feel more magical this is true. If I'd made it just for the sake of trying to render the color of magic I might have gone for more sparkle. Because I intended it for a Tumblr background I intended for it to be a little less flashy.

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Peter-The-Knotter In reply to modestfox [2012-10-23 02:39:08 +0000 UTC]

understood! keep it up! Peter.

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