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While Russian not only separates blue and green, but also light and dark blue.

https://www.thoughtco.com/russian-colors-4776553

And English includes indigo in the ROYGBIV rainbow because of Newton's numerology.

https://nationalpost.com/news/why-the-colour-indigo-is-disap...

> Someone forgot to check a physics textbook before sewing a flag, which isn’t exactly a shocker.

Why does the author find it necessary to mock "scientific accuracy at Gay Pride parades"? Especially when the point of the article is that 7 is no more "scientifically accurate" than the gay 6?

I think it's in very poor taste to suggest that to be gay is to be scientifically inaccurate.

Yeah, I shouldn't've linked to the National Post, someone forgot to check a history textbook before publishing that article, which isn't exactly a shocker.

The original rainbow flag from Gilbert Baker had 8 symbolic colors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Baker_(artist)#Flag

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