As a result, purple and magenta are known as "nonspectral" colors, because they don't really exist as actual electromagnetic ...

Have you ever noticed purple street lights while driving? It's definitely odd, and there's a lot of speculation as to why this happens. Here's what we know.

The Color Purple You Are Seeing Is ‘Not Real’. ... Now, here’s the twist—when we look at a rainbow, nature’s utmost clearest display of visible light, purple is missing.

Violet is a real spectral color, while purple is fake and exists only as a mix of red and blue light. There’s no pure “purple” wavelength, which is why it’s left out of the rainbow ...

A purple wave of faulty streetlights has swept across the USA, generating incorrect theories, bad lighting and fans of an accidental aesthetic.

Have you ever noticed purple street lights while driving? It's definitely odd, and there's a lot of speculation as to why this happens. Here's what we know.