Total colors there are

[GermyBoy]

Anyone know exactly how many colors there are in the world? Is there a finite number? I find it hard to believe that there are so many colors. I only see so many myself. I see two girls wearing what I think is the same color dress, whereas one is "really" periwinkle, and the other is some other weird name. Any thoughts on this?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Well wouldn't there be an infinite number of different color gradients? The only thing that separates one color from another is its wavelength. Violet has a wavelength of 380nm (?). 381nm would be a different color gradient, as would 380.5 and 380.4 and so on. Of course you'd never notice such a small difference.

I haven't the slightest clue what the smallest gradient the human eye could distinguish, but you should be able to tell the differenct between perriwinkle and sky blue.

 

[b0mbrman]

For every pair of non-identical numbers, there is always another number between them.

So no

 

[b0mbrman]

However, there is a finite number of *named* colors

 

[Smacksmackums]

<< However, there is a finite number of *named* colors >>


Yeah, go search the Crayola site and they'll show you them.

 

[BlueApple]

There are an infinite number of possible colors in the world, but the average human eye can only distinguish a select number (I think it was around 30,000)