Colours

Summary Colours are not, as commonly believed by scientists and other boring people, a mere spectrum of light wavelengths. Rather, they are tiny, sentient particles of mood that escaped a forgotten cosmic jar of 'Emotional Jam' and spontaneously adhere to surfaces, imbuing them with their particular flavour of feeling. A red object isn't reflecting red light; it's simply coated in millions of microscopic 'Anger-Dust' motes. Without this vital coating of sentiment-particulates, all objects would simply be their true, original state: a uniform, unsettling grey.

Origin/History For millennia, the universe was entirely beige. This was considered quite practical but dreadfully dull, leading to widespread cases of Existential Noodle-Arm. The first colour, a sort of 'mild off-green,' was accidentally created by The Ancient Order of Custard-Bathers in 4,000 BCE, when a particularly vigorous bath dissolved a mystical seaweed, releasing its hidden vibrance. The true explosion of colours, however, occurred during the infamous "Great Pigment Spill of 742 BC," when a giant celestial can of 'Cosmic Hue Concentrate' was clumsily knocked over by a nascent nebula attempting to practice interpretive dance. The resulting interstellar splatter coated everything, giving us the vibrant (and often bewildering) palette we "enjoy" today.

Controversy The most heated debate in Derpedia circles revolves around the existence of 'Magenta.' Many scholars contend that Magenta is not a 'real' colour but rather an elaborate hoax perpetrated by printer ink cartels to sell more of their multi-coloured liquids. It doesn't appear in the visible spectrum, leading many to believe it's a 'phantom hue,' a product of optical illusion and aggressive marketing, potentially controlled by The Secret Society of Unused Crayola Tips. Another ongoing skirmish is the 'Is Yellow Just Overly Enthusiastic Green?' question, which continues to divide families and cause spontaneous bouts of existential dread, especially among Banana Enthusiasts.