Octarine

[bloodyrosemccoy]

You know you’re a serious science fiction writer when you find yourself wondering how to look up just what trace impurities in a gemstone would give it an ultraviolet color—so it’d appear colorless to us but be brilliantly shaded to some other species with a different visible spectrum.

Yes, dudes, I take this stuff seriously.

Granted, this may stem from when I was a kid and I would try my damndest to imagine completely new colors. I don’t think it ever quite worked, but I sure did work at it. But it turns out it’s not for lack of wiring, so there’s still hope!

Comments

[zimwifepgk.livejournal.com]

The title of your post makes me smile, because I didn't notice it until I read your last paragraph and thought, 'Sounds like what happens whenever I try to imagine what octarine looks like!' XD

You must learn a TON by researching these little details.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*grin* It has taken me down some curious paths! Sometimes I get some interesting trivia, and sometimes I wind up studying something for years because I was digging for a little detail. (I started learning ASL years ago because of a deaf character and am still studying it!)

Octarine was one of my favorites, especially since e describes the color as "disappointing," which makes me laugh.