In the former case, in which representations are of the same type, they will inhibit each other according to the degree of their difference and only join together so far as inhibition permits it (SW V: 308).[32] Their strength and opposition will determine “the law governing the precise nature of their unification”, which Herbart calls the “fusion” (Verschmelzung) of representations (SW V: 308–9).[33]   Examples might include blue and red fusing into the representation, “purple” (Boring 1950: 258). Two generically similar, and therefore opposed, representations will strive to fuse with one another, on account of the unity of the psyche. When they melt into one another as far as their mutual opposition permits, they reach what Herbart calls the “fusion point [Verschmelzungspunkt]” (Weiss 1928: 82).