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So this has been bugging me. Kell and Marsh are said to have blond hair. Blond hair ranges from a reddish- yellow to white. It typically grows lighter when exposed to sunlight. But Pre-Catascande Scadrial has a red sun or, more accurately, has a ferromagnetic cloud that filters out some green wavelengths causing the sun to appear red. (I’m assuming some green gets through as the cloud isn’t consistent.) Which is a problem, because under a red light yellow looks red. (Green should also appear black outdoors, but would become green when exposed to candlelight.) So Marsh and Kell should look like redheads outside, and blond inside. But they seem to be blond all the time, which makes me wonder if they are actually blond according to how we use the term. If they had hair that was closer to red, then the transition wouldn’t be so obvious. This doesn’t explain the issues with Green, or how Elend could have any sort of white suit... (White objects reflect all colors, and change color depending on the frequency of the light. If there is no Green light, then that suit should not have appeared white.) Thoughts?

I heard someone mention that the magic on Roshar was connected to Wavelengths. This makes sense, since in Warbreaker, Awakeners get perfect pitch and perfect color recognition. Both sound and sight work primarily because of wavelengths. Now, the Parshendi too, seem to be cognitively connected to each other with their strange inter-body musical matching, since they are all able to simultaneously hear the exact same song and speak to the tune of these songs. Not sure where exactly I'm going with this, but I feel like it is important. If they can already do this cognition connection, what will happen when they utilize stormform, which allows them to create and control the Highstorms? Will the theorized cognitive distorting properties of the Highstorms enhance this even more, teach them new songs, and lead the rapid learning of new forms?