Talk:2734: Electron Color - Revision history

84.2.105.163 at 06:59, 3 March 2026

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link survey results

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Antiquark colors.

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Added ref to Quora answer

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electrons interact with light.

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		+	One color could have been assigned 1, the others would be 120° apart in one direction or the other. This explains why R, G and B added together is neutral and stable. [[Special:Contributions/84.2.105.163\|84.2.105.163]] 06:59, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

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	As an electron microscopist, I see electrons all day long: Real electrons are green (on the fluorescent screen). --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.230\|162.158.111.230]] 13:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)		As an electron microscopist, I see electrons all day long: Real electrons are green (on the fluorescent screen). --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.230\|162.158.111.230]] 13:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
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		+	This is Veritasium's reasoning for how he colored each one:
		+	"Well electrons are leptons, which makes me think of leprechauns, which are green. So I always make electrons green. Incidentally, neutrons have the neu sound, which is almost like blue, and blue is a fairly neutral inoffensive colour hence for me neutrons are blue. Protons have r as the second letter and they've got the opposite charge to electrons so for me red makes sense."
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 :: Also electrons are blue
 ::[[User:Iffy|Iffy]] ([[User talk:Iffy|talk]]) 23:53, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 ::: Hm! I've never heard of school subjects having any assigned colors; much less any debate about it! If we're identifying them by the folders they're kept in, my favorite subject was Ferrari & my least favorite was Porsche.
 ::: [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 04:41, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

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	This seems like an obvious color-association joke... I feel like the explanation completely misses the mark. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.144\|172.69.65.144]] 06:16, 17 February 2023 (UTC)		This seems like an obvious color-association joke... I feel like the explanation completely misses the mark. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.144\|172.69.65.144]] 06:16, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
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		+	As an electron microscopist, I see electrons all day long: Real electrons are green (on the fluorescent screen). --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.230\|162.158.111.230]] 13:08, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

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 I made a survey for this: https://forms.gle/Pu5mkEtBZPUZ6dbb8
 [[User:RamenChef|RamenChef]] ([[User talk:RamenChef|talk]]) 18:03, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
 Electrons are yellow, protons are red, and neutrons are gray. End of discussion.

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	Clearly, the antiquark colors should be cyan (for antired), magenta (for antigreen), and yellow (for antiblue). [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.184\|172.69.65.184]] 03:38, 14 February 2023 (UTC)		Clearly, the antiquark colors should be cyan (for antired), magenta (for antigreen), and yellow (for antiblue). [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.184\|172.69.65.184]] 03:38, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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		+	This seems like an obvious color-association joke... I feel like the explanation completely misses the mark. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.144\|172.69.65.144]] 06:16, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

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	The consensus on Quora points toward the colour of electrons being neutral. [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-colour-of-an-electron] --[[User:Annatars Gift\|Annatars Gift]] ([[User talk:Annatars Gift\|talk]]) 10:46, 10 February 2023 (UTC)		The consensus on Quora points toward the colour of electrons being neutral. [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-colour-of-an-electron] --[[User:Annatars Gift\|Annatars Gift]] ([[User talk:Annatars Gift\|talk]]) 10:46, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Clearly, the antiquark colors should be cyan (for antired), magenta (for antigreen), and yellow (for antiblue). [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.184\|172.69.65.184]] 03:38, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

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 :I find this comic puzzling. Virtually all colors we see are due to electrons (transitions between different states in atoms, molecules, and solids), so saying they are "too small to interact with visible light" is quite incorrect. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.130|172.69.134.130]] 18:48, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
 ::Yeah. They totally interact with visible light. But only with light of specific frequency matching the energy difference between some electron and free higher orbit it can move to. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 19:00, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
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	Ohoh, Ms. Lenhart, where were you in undergrad? Whenevery you notice that something has interacted with light, it's electrons. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.86.135\|162.158.86.135]] 09:01, 10 February 2023 (UTC)		Ohoh, Ms. Lenhart, where were you in undergrad? Whenevery you notice that something has interacted with light, it's electrons. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.86.135\|162.158.86.135]] 09:01, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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		+	The consensus on Quora points toward the colour of electrons being neutral. [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-colour-of-an-electron] --[[User:Annatars Gift\|Annatars Gift]] ([[User talk:Annatars Gift\|talk]]) 10:46, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

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	The might not have a color not even a quark color, but they do have a flavour. The are quantum flavoured: Electro		The might not have a color not even a quark color, but they do have a flavour. The are quantum flavoured: Electro
	[[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.200\|162.158.94.200]] 16:06, 9 February 2023 (UTC)		[[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.200\|162.158.94.200]] 16:06, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Ohoh, Ms. Lenhart, where were you in undergrad? Whenevery you notice that something has interacted with light, it's electrons. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.86.135\|162.158.86.135]] 09:01, 10 February 2023 (UTC)