Peter wrote:
> Hmm, dark blue refers to quite far into the edge of UV, i.e. 450nm-ish
> and lower. Now I understand the joke in your posting.

I've always understood "dark" or "light" to refer to intensity.  The "blue"
part refers to the hue.  Ordinary English is a bit ambiguous about
describing color saturation.  "Washed out" or "grayish" definitely refer to
low saturation, but there doesn't seem to be a universal term for high
saturation.  If the color happens to be red, then you can say "fire engine
red".  "Brilliant" can mean high saturation, but also high intensity
depending on context.


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