octarine

noun

1. The color of magic, a notional extra color distinct from the colors of the rainbow / normal visible light spectrum, which is said (chiefly in certain fiction but also by some occultists) to be visible to users of magic.

   uncountable

   […] colors like octarine, the eighth color, an elusive spectral mix that's hard to describe and impossible to perceive. That's the thing about color. Try describing a rainbow or a sunset to a blind person or ask a synesthete[…]

Where it comes from

See octa-, -ine. Coined by author Terry Pratchett for his Discworld series.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry octarine (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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