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C. indicum Different colors of Chrysanthemum x morifolium Example of a Japanese bonsai chrysanthemum. Modern cultivated chrysanthemums are usually brighter and more striking than their wild relatives. Many horticultural specimens have been bred to bear many rows of ray florets in a great variety of colors.
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz.The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος amethystos from α-a-, "not" and μεθύσκω (Ancient Greek) methysko / μεθώ metho (Modern Greek), "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. [1]
The Spanish Republican Flag has three colours: red, yellow, and dark purple. [10] The third colour, dark purple (Spanish: morado oscuro), represents Castile and León by recalling the Pendón Morado, the ancient armorial banner of Castile. The colours of red and yellow symbolise the territories of the former Crown of Aragon. [11]
The lipstick lesbian flag was designed by Natalie McCray, and released on her blog This Lesbian Life. [9] [10] The design has seven stripes in a gradient from purple (at the top) to white (in the center) to red (at the bottom), with a red kiss mark superimposed in the top left corner.
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]
The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus, "dark blue, blue, or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky". [2] "Cerulean blue" is the name of a blue-green pigment consisting of cobalt stannate (Co 2 SnO 4). The pigment was first synthesized in the late eighteenth century by Albrecht ...
A Ukrainian military cadet in a light blue beret, formerly for Ukrainian VDV.. Troops began wearing berets as a part of the headgear of military uniforms in some European countries during the 19th century; since the mid-20th century, they have become a component of the uniforms of many armed forces throughout the world.
Mallow wildflower. Mauve (/ ˈ m oʊ v / ⓘ, mohv; [2] / ˈ m ɔː v / ⓘ, mawv) is a pale purple color [3] [4] named after the mallow flower (French: mauve).The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–98 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859.