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2. Purple - Wikipedia

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   [53] [56] [57] In optics, violet is a spectral color; it refers to the color of any different single wavelength of light on the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum, between approximately 380 and 450 nanometers, [58] whereas purple is the color of various combinations of red, blue, and violet light, [50] [55] some of which humans ...

3. 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]

4. Mulberry (color) - Wikipedia

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   This color is a representation of the color of mulberry jam or pie. This was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 2003. The first recorded use of mulberry as a color name in English was in 1776. [1] Mulberries. It has some similarities with the color raspberry, a shade of red also called mulberry in some countries of Latin America. [citation needed]

5. Shades of violet - Wikipedia

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   This color may also be called lavender (floral) or floral lavender to distinguish it from the web color lavender. It is the color of the central part of the lavender flower. The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in 1705. [25] Since the color lavender has a hue code of 275, it may be regarded as a light tone ...

6. Tyrian purple - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them precisely. Tyrian purple (Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye.

7. Periwinkle (color) - Wikipedia

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   Periwinkle blue is the color for esophageal and stomach cancer awareness ribbons, and for anorexia nervosa and bulimia. It is also the color for pulmonary hypertension awareness ribbons. [citation needed] Periwinkle was added to the Crayola palette in 1949. [6] In the late 1990s, the Anaheim Angels changed their uniform to include this color. [7]