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Section sizes

Section size for Blue (35 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	4,767	4,767
Etymology and linguistics	3,325	3,325
Optics and colour theory	3,364	7,269
LED	2,581	2,581
Lasers	1,324	1,324
Shades and variations	964	2,035
As a structural colour	1,071	1,071
Colourants	402	8,860
Artificial blues	3,622	3,622
Dyes for textiles and food	2,165	2,165
Pigments for painting and glass	862	862
Inks	500	500
Inorganic compounds	1,309	1,309
In nature	15	16,443
Sky and sea	3,503	3,503
Minerals	1,141	1,141
Plants and fungi	1,868	1,868
Animals	5,235	5,235
Eyes	4,681	4,681
History	44	14,516
In the ancient world	6,483	6,483
In the Middle Ages	2,712	2,712
Renaissance through 18th century	2,767	2,767
19th-20th century	2,510	2,510
In society and culture	59	14,488
Uniforms	2,382	2,382
Gender	1,075	1,075
Religion	5,587	5,587
Sports	1,936	1,936
Politics	3,449	3,449
See also	108	108
References	28	28
Works cited	1,543	1,543
Further reading	1,323	1,323
External links	841	841
Total	75,546	75,546

"Reflex Blue" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Reflex Blue and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 5#Reflex Blue until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. TartarTorte 19:25, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2023

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ok FelixPae (talk) 08:58, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done ~~lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 09:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 March 2023

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World Cup-winning France to national team of France Ohnewell (talk) 09:29, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Actualcpscm (talk) 10:38, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Left Unsatisfied

How disturbing it was to read the section Optics and Colour Theory, only to see the combination of Red and Yellow to form Orange left out of the colour combinations explanation. This couldn't have been intentional was it? SquashEngineer (talk) 13:06, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Theory Mixtures

In the same section Optics and Colour Theory, RYB Primary Colour model discussion includes mixing Red Yellow and Blue to make brown, but then is interlaced with a Primary Colour RGB mixing picture of Reg Green and Blue mixing together to make white. It is a little confusing without proper separation of the different colour models.SquashEngineer (talk) 13:17, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]