hex:: #8000ff
wavelength:: 380-420 nm
emotion:: fear
symbol:: spirit · the beyond
the shortest visible wavelength, bordering ultraviolet — the edge of perception
evolutionary signal: high-energy radiation, cellular death, the boundary of the known
properties
- highest photon energy in the visible spectrum
- UV radiation (just beyond violet) induces apoptosis — programmed cell death
- the color of bruising: blood pooling under skin, tissue damage
- historically associated with royalty, mystery, the sacred — things beyond ordinary reach
in nature
- UV radiation: invisible, dangerous, causes DNA damage and cancer
- bruising: the visible aftermath of trauma
- twilight violet: the last light before total darkness
- rare in nature — few organisms display violet, reinforcing its strangeness
in prysm
- unknown threat, unverified source, irreversible action, boundary warning
- the color of the edge — where the cybergraph ends and the unknown begins
one of the seven of color — the spectrum bent into cyberia's flag