“And the picture of the color spectrum, used in the article, is PURPLE! Violet is a different shade.”
Violet is not a “shade” it has its own spectrum.
Purple is created by adding two parts of the visible spectrum.
What about ORANGE? That is a secondary color.
Hey...what about browns and greys? They aren't one the spectrum either, but we see those colors and they are a mixture of two or many more colors.
So HOW do we see as many different colors that we DO see? There's nothing in the article about that.