Meanings
- rareuncountableElectromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than yellow, including orange and red. Used by colorblind people, who can't see orange and red.
1 more example
>Assume for the moment that you are trying to explain "red" to someone who has >been blind from birth. You want to convey the idea as clearly as possible. >Would you use metaphor, or just tell them the wavelength? I would use my omnipotence to make them no longer blind, and then I would will them to understand every color including infrayellow and bleen.
2004 December 9, Kevin J. Maroney, “Re: My head just exploded”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <pi6ir0lblboagfhft66fbcci7oat2a101t@4ax.com>
Origin
From infra- + yellow, based on infrared.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
infrayellow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrayellow
“infrayellow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrayellow. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infrayellow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infrayellow.
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