Violet (color)

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This article is about the color. For other uses, see Violet.

Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). Secondly, violet may refer to a bluish purple, that is, a mixture of red and blue (two of the primary colors of light), and not a spectral color: (See a discussion of the distinction between violet and purple). True spectral violet cannot be reproduced on a computer screen because it is outside the gamut of the RGB color model on the CIE chromaticity diagram.

The complementary color of violet is the web color chartreuse.

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1 Variations of violet
2 Shades of violet color comparison chart
3 Violet in culture
4 See also

[edit] Variations of violet

[edit] Electric violet

Violet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#8B00FF
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(139, 0, 255)
CMYK^H	(c, m, y, k)	(50, 100, 0, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(270°, 100%, 100%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color at right is electric violet, the closest approximation to spectrum violet that can be made on a computer screen, given the limitations of the color gamut within the CIE chromaticity diagram. This color would be approximately equivalent to a visual stimulus of 400 nanometers on the spectrum.

The color violet shown at right is also halfway between magenta and blue on the color wheel.

[edit] Extreme violet

Extreme violet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#9900FF
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(153, 0, 255)
CMYK^H	(c, m, y, k)	(50, 100, 0, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(270°, 100%, 100%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color extreme violet, a color approximately equivalent to the violet at the extreme edge of human visual perception corresponding to a visual stimulus of 380 nanometes on the spectrum.

[edit] Deep violet

Deep violet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#8F00DD
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(143, 0, 221)
CMYK^H	(c, m, y, k)	(50, 100, 0, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(270°, 100%, 100%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color deep violet, a violet in brightness between electric violet and pigment violet.

[edit] Pigment violet (web color dark violet)

Pigment violet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#9400D3
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(148, 0, 211)
CMYK^H	(c, m, y, k)	(30, 100, 0, 17)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(282°, 100%, 83%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color box at right displays the web color dark violet which is equivalent to pigment violet, i.e., the color violet as it would typically be reproduced by artist's paints, colored pencils, or crayons as opposed to the brighter "electric" violet above that it is possible to reproduce on a computer screen.

Compare the subtractive colors to the additive colors in the two primary color charts in the article on primary colors to see the distinction between electric colors as reproducible from light on a computer screen (additive colors) and the pigment colors reproducible with pigments (subtractive colors); the additive colors are a lot brighter because they are produced from light instead of pigment.

Pigment violet (web color dark violet) represents the way the color violet was always reproduced in pigments, paints, or colored pencils in the 1950s. By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic art, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "Violet" that are the pigment equivalent of the electric violet reproduced in the section above became available in artists pigments and colored pencils. (When approximating electric violet in artists pigments, a bit of white pigment is added to pigment violet.)

[edit] Shades of violet color comparison chart

Lavender Blush (web color) - pale blush violet (Hex: #FFF0F5) (RGB: 255, 240, 245)
Lavendula (Vietnamese Lavender) - pale blush grayish violet (Hex: #E6E6FA) (RGB: 230, 230, 250)
Languid Lavender - blush grayish violet (Hex: #D6CADD) (RGB: 214, 202, 221)
Lavender Gray (web color Lavender [Gray]) - pale grayish violet (Hex: #BDBBD7) (RGB: 189, 187, 215)
Light Mauve - (Hex: #DCD0FF) - blush violet (RGB: 220, 208, 255)
Periwinkle (Lavender Blue) - pale bluish violet (Hex: #CCCCFF) (RGB: 204, 204, 255)
Mauve - pale violet (Hex: #E0B0FF) (RGB: 224, 176, 255)
Lilac - pale light violet (Hex: #C8A2C8) (RGB: 200, 162, 200)
Wisteria - light medium violet (Hex: #C9A0DC (RGB: 201, 160, 220)
Lavender Pink - Crayola color Lavender [Pink] - pale pinkish-purple (Hex: #FBAED2) (RGB: 251, 174, 210)
Lavender Rose - light pinkish-purple (Hex: #FBA0E3) (RGB: 251, 160, 227)
Brilliant Lavender (Electrical Lavender) - pastel violet (Hex: #F4BBFF (RGB: 249, 192, 255)
Medium Lavender - ([Light] Violet [web color])- light violet - Prismacolor color Lavender (Hex: #EE82EE) (RGB: 238, 130, 238)
Heliotrope - vivid light violet (Hex: #DF73FF) (RGB: 223, 115, 255)
Wikipedia Link Lavender - pale grayish medium violet (Hex: #9C87CD) (RGB: 158, 137, 193)
Bright Ube - light pale brilliant medium violet - (Hex: #D19FE8) (RGB: 209, 159, 232)
Bright Lavender (Light Floral Lavender) - pale brilliant medium violet - (Hex: #BF94E4) (RGB: 191, 148, 228)
Lavender (Floral Lavender) - medium violet (Hex: #B57EDC) (RGB: 181, 126, 220)
Rich Lavender (Deep Floral Lavender) - rich medium violet (Hex: #A76BCF) (RGB: 170, 97, 204)
Deep Lilac - deep rich medium violet (Hex: #9955BB) (RGB: 153, 85, 187)
Amethyst - deep rich medium violet (Hex: #9966CC) (RGB: 153, 102, 204)
Ube (Purple Yam) (Okinawan Yam) - grayish medium violet (Hex: #8878C3) (RGB: 136, 120, 195)
Medium Purple (web color) - deep medium violet (Hex: #9370DB) (RGB: 147, 112, 219)
Bright Violet (Hex: #8357E8) (RGB: 131, 87, 232)
VIOLET (Electric Violet) (Hex: #8B00FF) (RGB: 139, 0, 255)
Deep Violet (Hex: #8F00DD) (RGB: 143, 0, 221)
Pigment Violet (Dark Violet [web color]) (Hex: #9400D3) (RGB: 148, 0, 211)
Generic Purple (Vulgar Purple) -- deep dark violet (Hex: #660099) (RGB: 102, 0, 153) (CMYK: 33,100,0,40)
Dark Lavender (Pantone Color #258) -- dark grayish violet (Hex: #734F96) (RGB: 115, 79, 50)
Old Lavender (Dark Lavender Gray) - dark grayish violet (Hex: #796878) (RGB: 121, 104, 120)

[edit] Violet in culture

Food

Some varieties of eggplant have pigment violet colored skin.
The fruit known as blackberries are actually closer in color to a dark pigment violet.
Okinawan "yams" (actually a variety of sweet potato) are colored bright lavender and in the Tagalog language of the Philippines are called "ube". They are ground up and cooked with sugar, yielding a bright violet colored jam called halaya ube which is sold in Filipino grocery stores. (To see a picture of an Okinawan yam, go to: [1])
In the European Union in is traditional to package chocolate in violet colored packaging because of the association of the color Royal Purple with luxury.

New Age Philosophy

Violet is used to symbolically represent the seventh (Sahasrara) chakra.

Parapsychology

Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye typically describe someone with a violet aura as being someone who is a practicing occultist (magickal thaumaturgist).

Religion

Violet is the color associated with the New Age deity the Count of St Germain.

Vexillology

The only nation ever to use violet in its flag was the second Spanish republic. [2]

[edit] See also

					Shades of violet
Amethyst	Cerise	Eggplant	Fuchsia	Heliotrope	Indigo	Lavender	Lavender blush	Lilac	Magenta	Mauve	Mountbatten pink

Orchid	Persian indigo	Purple	Red-violet	Sangria	Thistle	Violet	Violet-eggplant	Wisteria	Rose	Lavender rose	Lavender gray

Shades of violet without swatches
Iris	Palatinate	Purpure

The Electromagnetic Spectrum (Sorted by wavelength, short to long)
Gamma ray \| X-ray \| Ultraviolet \| Visible spectrum \| Infrared \| Terahertz radiation \| Microwave \| Radio waves
Visible (optical) spectrum:	Violet \| Blue \| Green \| Yellow \| Orange \| Red
Microwave spectrum:	W band \| V band \| K band: K_a band, K_u band \| X band \| C band \| S band \| L band
Radio spectrum:	EHF \| SHF \| UHF \| VHF \| HF \| MF \| LF \| VLF \| ULF \| SLF \| ELF
Wavelength designations:	Microwave \| Shortwave \| Mediumwave \| Longwave