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2. Vermilion - Wikipedia

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   The name originated because it had a similar color to the natural red dye made from an insect, Kermes vermilio, which was widely used in Europe. [2] [3] The first recorded use of "vermilion" as a color name in English was in 1289. [4] [5] The term cinnabar is used in mineralogy and crystallography for the red crystalline form of mercury sulfide ...

3. Periwinkle (color) - Wikipedia

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   Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color. The color periwinkle is also called lavender blue and light blue violet . [ 2 ] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of purple-blue in the Munsell color system , or a " pastel purple-blue".

4. Amaranth (color) - Wikipedia

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   The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of purple amaranth flowers. [6] The common name purple aramanth applies to two species: Amaranthus blitum and Amaranthus cruentus. The first recorded use of amaranth purple as a color name in English was in 1912. [7]

5. Dioscorea alata - Wikipedia

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   Dioscorea alata – also called ube (/ ˈ uː b ɛ,-b eɪ /), ubi, purple yam, or greater yam, among many other names – is a species of yam (a tuber).The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in color from cream to plain white.

6. Chartreuse (color) - Wikipedia

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   The name Carthusian is derived from the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps: Bruno of Cologne built his first hermitage in a valley of these mountains. These names were adapted to the English charterhouse, meaning a Carthusian monastery. [a] These monks started producing Chartreuse liqueur in 1737.

7. Shades of yellow - Wikipedia

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   The color royal yellow is a representation of the color of the robes worn by the Emperor of China. The first recorded use of royal yellow as a color name in English was in 1548. Other names for this color are Chinese yellow and imperial yellow. [8]

8. Crimson - Wikipedia

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   Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. [2] It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose.

9. Shades of magenta - Wikipedia

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   In a color proximity sense, a primary color has a color range of 120° (60° on each side of the color's hue) and any color has to be within that range to be considered a variation of that color. Secondary colors have a color range of 60° (30°), tertiary colors have a color range of 30° (15°), quaternary colors have a color range of 15° (7 ...