Where Does Pink Come From?!

Where is Pink Light? It’s actually not there at all.

So where does it come from?

Pink is actually a mixture of “Red” and “Blue” light. It’s made up of light from both ends of the rainbow, that our brains perceive as one color.

If you attempt to roll up the rainbow into say, a color wheel. You would find a gap in between Red and Violet. This Gap is where all of the other wavelengths of light would fit. These are the wavelengths we cannot “see”, ie. Radio waves, Microwaves, Gamma Rays, Ultraviolet, X-rays etc.

Since we cannot “see” any of those wavelengths, our brains replace all of that hidden brilliance with “Pink”.

When speaking in terms of light, “Pink” should actually be called “Minus Green” because all “Pink” is in terms of light is the leftovers from White Light when you take all of the green out.