spectral color

any one of the colors of the visible spectrum, produced when white light is refracted by a prism. The visible spectrum can be divided into some 130 distinguishable spectral colors by human observers. Also called spectral hue. Compare extraspectral hue.

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neurotic solution

a method of resolving a neurotic conflict by removing it from awareness. [proposed by Karen D. Horney]