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  2. 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.

  3. Shades of purple - Wikipedia

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    The color royal purple is a tone of purple that is bluer than the ancient Tyrian purple. The first recorded use of royal purple as a color name in English was in 1661. In 1990, royal purple was formulated as one of the Crayola crayon colors.

  4. List of Pakistani flags - Wikipedia

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    Flag of the Barabri Party Pakistan. 1945–Present. Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and its branches ( Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl ) A flag with five black stripes and four white stripes. 1996–Present. Flag of Jamote Qaumi Movement. A vertical tricolor of blue, red and green, with a white crescent and star on the ...

  5. Byzantium (color) - Wikipedia

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    Byzantium. 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. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue, and is in fact often ...

  6. Princely states of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The princely states of 1947 in purple. The princely states of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان کی نوابی ریاستیں; Sindhi: پاڪستان جون نوابي رياستون) were princely states of the British Indian Empire which acceded to the new Dominion of Pakistan between 1947 and 1948, following the partition of British India and its independence.

  7. Thistle - Wikipedia

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    Thistle. Cirsium arizonicum, showing arachnoid cobwebbiness on stems and leaves, with ants attending aphids that might be taking advantage of the shelter. Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the ...

  8. Delonix regia - Wikipedia

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    Delonix regia var. genuina Stehlé. Poinciana regia Hook. Poinciana regia Bojer [2] Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers over summer.

  9. Purple - Wikipedia

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    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.

  10. Mangosteen - Wikipedia

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    Mangosteen ( Garcinia mangostana ), also known as the purple mangosteen, [2] is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. It has been cultivated extensively in tropical Asia since ancient times.

  11. Blue–green distinction in language - Wikipedia

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    In Urdu, blue is نیلا (nīlā) and green is سبز (sabz). There are some names of shades of blue as well, like فیروزی (ferozī) "turquoise". In Hindi, blue is नीला (nīlā) and green is हरा (harā). In Marathi, blue is निळा (niḽā) and green is हिरवा (hiravā).