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The flowers are 2-3.5 cm in length and usually have a purple or pale purple color, on rare occasions there are white flowers. The fruits are round, the top and the bottom are flattened out and have grooved portions with a length of 5–7 cm and a width of 7–8 cm. [ 1 ] The stalk of the fruit is 1–4 cm long and is either de-curved or erect.
This color was formulated for use in interior design, where a medium dark violet color is desired. The first recorded use of French lilac as a color name in the English language was in 1814. [5] The normalized color coordinates for french lilac are identical to pomp and power, first recorded as a color name in English in 1950. [6]
Colors known as kinjiki (禁色, "forbidden colors") were strictly reserved for the robes of the Imperial family and highest ranking court officials; for example, the color ōtan (orange) was used as the color for the robes of the Crown Prince and use by anyone else was prohibited.
Iris is an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet.. However, in certain applications, it has been applied to an even wider array of colors, including pale blue, mauve, pink, and even yellow (the color of the inner part of the iris flower).
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Color HEX Code Red Green Blue Hue Sat Lum Source Light Lavender Blush #FFF9FB 255 245 251 340° 100% 99% Xona.com color list (Lavender Blush Light) Lavender Blush #FFF0F5 255 240 245 340° 100% 97% web color Pale Blush #F4BBCF 244 187 207 339° 72% 85% Xona.com color list (Deep Blush Light) Light Pale Red-Violet #F0B7CD 240 183 205 337° 66% 83%
The human eye's red-to-green and blue-to-yellow values of each one-wavelength visible color [citation needed] Human color sensation is defined by the sensitivity curves (shown here normalized) of the three kinds of cone cells: respectively the short-, medium- and long-wavelength types.
The color or name comes from the French word cerise, meaning "cherry". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of cerise as a color name in English was in The Times of November 30, 1858. [2] This date of 1858 as the date of first use of the color name is also mentioned in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color. [3]