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It is a representation of RHS colour code 66A, which has been equated to "Tyrian red", a term which is often used as a synonym for Tyrian purple. Philately [ edit ] The colour name "Tyrian plum" is popularly given to a British postage stamp that was prepared, but never released to the public, shortly before the death of King Edward VII in 1910.
This color is pure purple conceived as computer artists conceive it, as the color on the color wheel halfway between color wheel violet and electric magenta. Thus, electric purple is the purest and brightest purple that it is possible to display on a computer screen. Its RGB code is (191, 0, 255).
Color coordinates; Hex triplet: #BD33A4: sRGB B (r, g, b) (189, 51, 164) HSV (h, s, v) (311°, 73%, 74%) CIELCh uv (L, C, h) (47, 86, 321°) Source /Maerz and Paul: ISCC–NBS descriptor: Vivid reddish purple: B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) Purple is a color similar in appearance to violet light. In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by combining red and blue pigments.
In the CMYK color model used in printing, violet is created with a combination of magenta and cyan pigments, with more magenta than cyan. On the RGB / CMY ( K) color wheel, violet is located between blue and magenta. Violet is closely associated with purple.
The rarest was the chunk of Tyrian purple. The dye was made from snails and was more valuable than gold. Other finds include more than 550 Roman coins, 300 hair pins and semi-precious gemstones.
The analysis identified it as an “incredibly rare” lump of Tyrian purple dye, also known as imperial purple, the company said in a May 3 news release. “For millennia, Tyrian Purple was the ...
The following list shows a compact version of the colors in the list of colors A–F, G–M, and N–Z articles. The list shows the color swatch and its name. Hovering over the color box shows the HSV, RGB, and #hex values for the color in the tool tip. All values and conversions are in the sRGB color space, which is an inappropriate assumption ...
By the 14th century, the secrets of Tyrian purple were lost, according to the University of Chicago Library's 2007 exhibition “The Origins of Color.” But all hail Tyrian purple!
Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.