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2. Violet (color) - Wikipedia

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   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 435 nanometers), [16] [17] whereas purple is the color of various combinations of red, blue and violet light, [5] [6] some of which some humans perceive as ...

3. 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 ...

4. The Color Purple (musical) - Wikipedia

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   The Color Purple is a musical with music and ... Erivo won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a ... Shug brings down the house with a raucous blues number ("Push ...

5. ROYGBIV - Wikipedia

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   Originally he used only five colors, but later he added orange and indigo to match the number of musical notes in the major scale. [2] [3] The Munsell color system, the first formal color notation system (1905), names only five "principal hues": red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. [4]

6. 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]

7. Eggplant (color) - Wikipedia

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   Eggplant is a dark purple [1] or brownish-purple [2] color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. [3] Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine [2] (the French, German and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915. [4]

8. Tyrian purple - Wikipedia

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   Tyrian purple (Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye. The name Tyrian refers to Tyre, Lebanon , once Phoenicia .

9. Byzantium (color) - Wikipedia

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   The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple.It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple (hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors.