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The spectral colors form a continuous spectrum, and how it is divided into [[color term|distinct colors linguistically]] is a matter of culture and historical contingency.<ref>[[Brent Berlin|Berlin, B.]] and [[Paul Kay|Kay, P.]], ''[[Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution]]'', Berkeley: [[University of California Press]], 1969.</ref> Despite the ubiquitous [[ROYGBIV]] mnemonic used to remember the spectral colors in English, the inclusion or exclusion of colors is contentious, with disagreement often focused on [[indigo#Classification as a spectral color|indigo]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-03-26|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|reason= The anchor (Classification as a spectral color) [[Special:Diff/1188538896|has been deleted]].}} and cyan.<ref>{{cite book|last=Waldman|first=Gary|title=Introduction to light: the physics of light, vision, and color|year=2002|publisher=Dover Publications|location=Mineola|isbn=978-0486421186|page=193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbsoAXWbnr4C&pg=PA193}}</ref> Even if the subset of color terms is agreed, their wavelength ranges and borders between them may not be.

The ''intensity'' of a spectral color, relative to the context in which it is viewed, may alter its perception considerably. For example a low-intensity orange-yellow is [[brown]], and a low-intensity yellow-green is [[olive green]]. Additionally, hue shifts towards blueyellow or yellowblue happen if the intensity of a spectral light is increased; this is called [[Bezold–Brücke shift]]. In [[color models]] capable of representing spectral colors,<ref>{{cite web |title=Perceiving Color |url=http://courses.washington.edu/psy333/lecture_pdfs/chapter7_Color.pdf#page=72 |website=courses.washington.edu}}</ref> such as [[CIELUV]], a spectral color has the maximal saturation. In [[Helmholtz–Kohlrausch effect#Helmholtz color coordinates|Helmholtz coordinates]], this is described as 100% [[Colorfulness#Excitation purity|purity]].

=== Color of objects<span class="anchor" id="Colour of objects"></span> ===