Indigo and Umami

[Dan M]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: brin-l-bounces at mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-bounces at mccmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Mauro Diotallevi
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:59 PM
> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
> Subject: Re: Indigo and Umami
> 
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:04 PM, William T Goodall
> <wtg at wtgab.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > There used to be seven colours in a rainbow and four basic flavours
> > (sweet, sour, bitter, salt) and then indigo became a shade of violet
> > and umami became the fifth basic flavour.
> 
> I thought that there were still 7 colors of the rainbow *including*
> indigo.  I learned the colors as ROY G BIV -- Red Orange Yellow Green
> Blue Indigo Violet.
> 
> Or did you learn a different system?

Well, when I was a kid I noticed that the colors blended to the point that I
couldn't tell.  Now that I'm older, I know there is a rich infinity of
colors in the rainbow. :-)  

Dan M.