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RED IS NOT A COLOR[edit]

red is not a color the eye sees it but it really don't exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8C0:4300:C020:4E8:CA07:A888:F140 (talk) 16:47, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2021[edit]

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I would like all the words that say 'color' to be changed to 'colour'. Tajemina (talk) 02:21, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

✗ Not done To quote the header of this very page: This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, labor, traveled), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 02:41, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, i just find American English kinda disgusting Tajemina (talk) 13:57, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 August 2021[edit]

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Change:

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet.

To:

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. UniversalHumanTransendence (talk) 19:02, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Not done: WP:OVERLINK

EvergreenFir (talk) 21:59, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

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