bee purple
bee purple noun: a color that is a mixture of ultraviolet light and yellow light (the two extremes of the visual spectrum of the bee, analogous to the way purple for humans is a mixture of red and violet, the two extremes of the human visual spectrum).
Noun
bee purple (countable and uncountable, plural bee purples)
- A color that is a mixture of ultraviolet light and yellow light (the two extremes of the visual spectrum of the bee, analogous to the way purple for humans is a mixture of red and violet, the two extremes of the human visual spectrum).
- Karl von Frisch discovered that honey bees can see six colors—blue, blue-green, yellow, bee purple, ultraviolet, and bee violet.2010, Martha Scott, Honey Bee, Where Are You?
Forms of bee purple
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Questions about bee purple
- What does bee purple mean?
- Bee purple means a color that is a mixture of ultraviolet light and yellow light (the two extremes of the visual spectrum of the bee, analogous to the way purple for humans is a mixture of red and violet, the two extremes of the human visual spectrum).
- What part of speech is bee purple?
- Bee purple is a noun.
- What is the plural of bee purple?
- The plural of bee purple is bee purples.
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