1985/12/01 by K. McLaren · 1 citation
Psychology · #Color perception and design
paper · doi:10.1002/col.5080100411
openalex publication_date 1985/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract Many different explanations have been put forward over the last eighty years to account for Newton's inclusion of indigo as one of the seven spectral colors. The most important of these have been critically examined and it is concluded that it was included solely in the hope of developing an analogy with the musical scale.