Steven Universe “Change Your Mind” ramblings ahead that I thought might be worth sharing. Spoilers ahoy!
So it’s been a great episode but the one thing that’s been bothering me since the episode came out is the bit before the two Stevens fused.
This part.
Why was he able to do that? What’s so special about pink?
And then I remembered a fun fact about colors.
Gems are physical manifestations of light. White Diamond’s speech over the impurities in Yellow and Blue put it very simply: colored objects absorb all other colors but themselves. White considers herself perfect because white objects reflect all colors without absorbing any. White light is essentially all colors. (probably why she control other gems after eye beaming them. She does describe it as “her light” sparkling through them)
But let’s get back to the first question again: what’s so special about pink? Specifically pink light?
It doesn’t actually exist on the spectrum of visible light:
Pink (Magenta in particular) is an extra-spectral color. When you see a mix of blue and red light but no green, your brain just makes up a new color.
Pink Steven couldn’t be controlled by White Diamond because he literally exists outside of her domain of visible light.
Which also probably explains why White got so confused when she started turning Magenta too.
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