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IN reply to the letter of Mr. Alfred H. Crook contained in your issue of January 11, I would say that it is possible that the explanation of the Chinese colour-name is to be found in the violet coloured halo which is very commonly noticed by Alpine climbers surrounding moving objects. Dr. Elis attributes it, I believe, to fatigue of the eye (see discussion in NATURE, May, 1897).
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FESSENDEN, R. Chinese Names of Colours. Nature 73, 390 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/073390c0
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