
The portion of the electromagnetic continuum
we normally call the Visible Spectrum begins with Red at 700 nanometers and
ends at Violet with a wavelength of 400 nm. In the Visual Spectrum, the
12th octave numbered 11, also begins at 700 nanometers, but continues on past
Violet (400 nm) to end at the next Red, which is at 350 nanometers.
There is a gap between the Blue (Violet) at a
wavelength of 400 nanometers, and the the Red at the end of the octave with a
wavelength of 350 nanometers. The color that occupies this gap is invisible.
What is this invisible color?
Remember when we mixed Blue (Violet) and Red
to get Magenta? We found there was no place in the spectrum to put it.
Now there is. Magenta fits into this gap perfectly,- its wavelength
being 373 nanometers, midway between Violet11
and Red12. Magenta's fundamental
wavelength is then: 763.9 micrometers, 11 octaves below its discovered location.