Meaning of octarine | Babel Free

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The color of magic, a notional extra color distinct from the colors of the rainbow / normal visible light spectrum, which is said (chiefly in certain fiction but also by some occultists) to be visible to users of magic.

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“[…] colors like⟳ octarine, the eighth color, an elusive spectral mix⟳ that's hard to describe⟳ and impossible to perceive. That's the thing about color. Try⟳ describing a rainbow or a sunset to a blind person or ask⟳ a synesthete[…]”

“Back in ScienceFictionaLand, octarine is the color of magic, an animating force⟳ in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. A fluorescent, greenish-yellow purple, octarine can only be detected by wizards and cats.”

“Another way of looking at the magical character customization option [in which players choose⟳ their color] is that it allows players to find⟳ their own⟳ octarine, the color of their own⟳ magical self in Peter Carroll's vision of things. Octarine is a fictitious eighth color of magic invented by Terry Prachett in his novel The Colour of Magic and later used by occultist Peter Carroll in Liber Kaos to describe⟳ the color of a magician's rebellious, mischievous sorcerous self[…]”

“Octarine, the color of magic, glows from your finished pages.”

“The eight types of magic can be attributed to the seven classical planets, plus Uranus for octarine. […] Following Prachett's hypothesis (and many a useful thing is said in jest), the eighth color of the spectrum, which is the magician's personal perception of the color of magic, may be called octarine. […]”

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