"bee purple" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bee purples [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bee purple (countable and uncountable, plural bee purples)
  1. 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). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Colors Related terms: bee violet

Inflected forms

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