Pink Does Not Exist

Pink does not exist. Send this to someone who is about to argue with you. Look at a rainbow, or split light with a piece of glass. You will see red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, in a neat line. Not one part of that line is pink.

Rožnata barva ne obstaja. Pošlji to nekomu, ki se bo takoj začel prepirati. Poglej mavrico ali razbij svetlobo s koščkom stekla. Videl boš rdečo, oranžno, rumeno, zeleno, modro in vijolično, v lepi vrsti. Noben del te vrste ni rožnat.

Light itself does not make pink. Sometimes your eyes catch strong red light and strong blue light at the same time, with little green light mixed in. Your brain does not have a normal color ready for that mix. So instead of leaving a gap, your brain simply makes up a brand new color.

Svetloba sama ne naredi rožnate. Včasih tvoje oči hkrati ujamejo močno rdečo in močno modro svetlobo, zelene pa je vmes le malo. Tvoji možgani za to mešanico nimajo pripravljene navadne barve. Zato namesto praznine preprosto izmislijo čisto novo barvo.

That new color is pink. It only lives inside your head, not out in the world. Outside, in real light, pink is nowhere to be found. But when you see it, it still looks completely real to you, every single time.

Ta nova barva je rožnata. Živi samo v tvoji glavi, ne zunaj v svetu. Zunaj, v pravi svetlobi, rožnate ni nikjer. A ko jo vidiš, se ti vsakič zdi popolnoma resnična.