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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

fake is just an easy way to communicate the idea without going into a bunch of complex color terminology. extra-spectral is a name for them if you really want to split hairs about it. which includes both impossible and imaginary (which are also described as fictitious).