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Word. I've always found it interesting when we refer to something as being a color. For example, "That firetruck is red." It's not anything of the sort; the wavelength of light that corresponds to red is being deflected by the firetruck. Every other wavelength is absorbed. Thus, the firetruck is actually every other color except for red. Perhaps we should be saying, "That firetruck is not red."
Of course, the firetruck isn't really producing any of the light waves itself, so it isn't really red or not red. Perhaps a more precise description of the firetruck would be, "That firetruck is reflecting the red light waves. Run away!"
And then there's the whole "waterfall" problem with the color red to begin with. If it's a little more orange, is it still red? How about just a little bit of purple? Or what if it's a minute amount more vivid than other reds?
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You know something, I don't think the sun even... exists... in this place. 'Cause I've been up for hours, and hours, and hours, and the night never ends here.
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