spectral color
- noun
- /ˈspɛktrəl ˈkoʊlər/
- Specialized
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color espectral
- In a rainbow, each band represents a different spectral color, illuminating the sky with vibrant shades.
Examples
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The sensor will be submitted to see the spectral color of ingredients, white meat, possibly cooked food items.
Blog text (26) -
39 But, although it may be perceived to be unmixed, 40 brown also has a very wide range of affinities with the long-wave spectral colors yellow, orange, and red.
Academic text (1990) -
I reused the spectral colors on the trunk lines, highlighting an elegance and reality inherent in the system that Tauranac-Hertz understood, but kept it clear by representing each route with its own graphic line.
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The scientist explained that a spectral color is produced when light passes through a prism and separates into distinct hues.
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Artists often use spectral colors to create vivid displays, as they reflect pure wavelengths of light rather than mixtures.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'spectral' (= pertaining to a spectrum) modifies 'color', so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a color from the spectrum (i.e., associated with a single wavelength). Although the term is somewhat technical, its sense follows regular modifier+noun composition and is therefore transparently derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Spectral color comes from the image of a glass prism or a rainbow splitting white light into separate bands of color. Each band is one spectral color, light of a 'single wavelength' rather than a mix, so the term means a pure color.
