Purple

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Purple is a color that combines blue and red.

The first recorded use of purple as a color name in English was in 975.[1]

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[change] Meaning of purple

  • Purple is used to represent royalty. It is a sign of power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It shows wealth and extravagance. It is thought as a royal color because in Roman times, there was only one way to make the color purple, which the Romans called purpura. They used the small bumps, or cysts, on the shell-fish's body in the Mediterranean Sea, [2] to mix up into a batch of purple dye. Because it was so hard to collect the ingredients for purple dye, not much of it was made, and it was very expensive--therefore purple was only worn by the rich and famous. Naturally, the richest and most famous people in the country were the king and queen, so they were able to wear most purple. [3]
  • Dark purple may create sad feelings. It can cause frustration.

[change] Tones of purple color comparison chart

  • Lavender Mist (web color Lavender) (Hex: #E6E6FA) (RGB: 230, 230, 250)
  • Pale Lilac (Hex: #DCD0FF) (RGB: 220, 208, 255)
  • Mauve (Hex: #E0B0FF) (RGB: 224, 176, 255)
  • Thistle (web color) (Hex: #D8BFD8) (RGB: 216, 191, 216)
  • Lilac (Hex: #CAA2C8) (RGB: 200, 162, 200)
  • Light Orchid (Crayola Orchid) (Hex: #E29CD2) (RGB: 226, 156, 210)
  • Pale Plum (web color Plum) (Medium Lavender Magenta) (Hex: #DDA0DD) (RGB: 221, 160, 221)
  • Lavender Magenta (web color "violet") (Hex: #EE82EE) (RGB: 238, 130, 238)
  • Orchid (web color) (Hex: #DA70D6) (RGB: 218, 112, 240) (CMYK: 0,49,2,15)
  • Heliotrope (Hex: #DF73FF) (RGB: 223, 115, 255)
  • Light Veronica (Xona.com color list "[X11] Purple Light") (Hex:D46FF9) (RGB: 212,111, 249)
  • Psychedelic Purple (Phlox) (Hex: #DF00FF) (RGB: 223, 0, 255)
  • Electric Purple (True Purple) (Hex: #BF00FF) (RGB: 191, 0, 255)
  • Pontiff (Pontiff Purple) (Hex: #AF00FF) (RGB: 175, 0, 255)
  • Paars (Dutch Purple) (Hex: #AA00FF) (RGB: 170, 0, 255)
  • Veronica (X11 web color Purple) (Hex: #A020F0) (RGB: 160, 92, 240)
  • Purple (Munsell) (Munsell 5P) (Hex: #9F00C5) (RGB: 288, 52, 66)
  • Dark Orchid (web color) (Hex: #9932CC) (RGB: 153, 50, 204)
  • Deep Purple (Hex: #8B00CC) (RGB: 139, 0, 204)
  • Deep Indigo (web color Blue-Violet) (Hex: #8A2BE2) (RGB: 138, 43, 226)
  • Lavender Indigo (Hex: #9457EB) (RGB: 148, 87, 235)
  • Vanda (Hex: #9842E3) (RGB: 152, 66, 227)
  • Internet Purple (color of "all purple website" www.purple.com) (Hex: #7D26CD) (RGB: 125, 38, 205)
  • Royal Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #7851A9) (RGB: 120, 91, 169)
  • Purple Heart (Crayola) (Hex: #652DC1) (RGB: 101, 45, 93)
  • Prince Fan Purple (lettering on Prince fan website Prince.org) (Hex: #6600B7) (RGB: 102, 0, 187)
  • Generic Purple (www.web-site-tools.com/s/660099.htm) (Hex: #660099) (RGB: 102, 0, 153)
  • Purple Reign (Pantone TPX 19-3620) (Hex: 54446C) (RGB: 84, 68, 108)
  • Purple Rain (color of lettering on Prince's album Purple Rain) (Hex: #4B308D) (RGB: 75, 48, 141)
  • Vulgar Purple (Grape Jelly) (Hex: #3E2F84) (RGB: 62, 47, 132)
  • Pigment Indigo (web color Indigo) (Hex: #4B0082) (RGB: 75, 0, 130)
  • Dark Indigo (Hex: #310062) (RGB: 49, 0, 98)
  • Persian Indigo (Regimental) (Hex: #32127A) (RGB: 50, 18, 122)
  • Ultramarine (Hex: #120A8F) (RGB: 18, 10, 143)
  • Persian Blue (Hex: #1C39BB) (RGB: 28, 57, 187)
  • Electric Ultramarine (Hex: #3F00FF) (RGB: 63, 0, 255)
  • Han Purple (Hex: #5218FA) (RGB: 82, 24, 250)
  • Westminster (Hex: #5F00FF) (RGB: 95, 0, 255)
  • Indigo (Electric Indigo) (Hex: #6600FF) (RGB: 102, 0, 255)
  • Pansy (Heartsease) (Hex: #7700FF) (RGB: 119, 0, 255)
  • Violet (Electric Violet) (Hex: #8B00FF) (RGB: 139, 0, 255)
  • Pigment Violet (web color Dark Violet) (Hex: #9400D3) (RGB: 148, 0, 211)
  • Violet Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #926EAE) (RGB: 146, 110, 174)
  • Lavender (Floral Lavender) (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #B57EDC) (RGB: 181,126,220)
  • Purple Mountain Majesty (Crayola) (Lavender Purple) (Hex: #9678B6) (RGB: 150, 120, 182)
  • Purple Yam (Okinawan Yam) (Ube) (Hex: #8878C3) (RGB: 136, 120, 195)
  • French Lavender (Lavender (Pourpre.com) (Hex: #9683EC) (RGB: 150, 131, 236)
  • Medium Purple (web color) (Deep Lavender) (Hex: #9370DB) (RGB: 147, 112, 219)
  • Amethyst (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #9966CC) (RGB: 153, 102, 204)
  • Deep Lilac (German Lilac) (Hex: #9955BB) (RGB: 153, 85, 187)
  • Violet Eggplant (Chinese Eggplant) (Hex: #991199) (RGB: 153, 17, 153)
  • Striking Purple (Pantone TPX 18-3025) (Hex: #98508E) (RGB: 152, 80, 142)
  • Purple Orchid (Pantone TPX 18-3027) (Hex: #AE4F93) (RGB: 174, 79, 107)
  • Purple (Pantone) (Hex: #B634BB) (RGB: 182, 52, 187)
  • Medium Orchid (web color) (Hex: #BA55D3) (RGB: 183, 85, 211)
  • Deep Fuchsia (Crayola Fuchsia) (Hex: #C154C1) (RGB: 193, 84, 193)
  • Rich Mauve (French Mauve) (Mauve (Pourpre.com)) (Hex: #473D4) (RGB: 212, 115, 212)
  • Opera Mauve (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #CA82AF) (RGB: 202, 130, 175)
  • Mauve Taupe (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #AF868E) (RGB: 175, 134, 142)
  • Medium Vanda (Vanda (ISCC-NBS)) (Lavender Brown) (Hex: #AA8A9E) (RGB: 170, 138, 158)
  • Pale Red-Violet (web color Pale Violet Red) (Hex: #DB7093) (RGB: 219, 112, 147)
  • Cabaret (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #D94972) (RGB: 217, 73, 114)
  • Fuchsia Purple (Pantone TPX 18-2436) (Hex: #CC397B) (RGB: 204, 57, 123)
  • Royal Fuchsia (Hex: #CA2C92) (RGB: 202, 44, 146)
  • Byzantine (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex:BD33A4) (RGB: 189, 51, 164)
  • Fandango (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #B53389) (RGB: 181, 51, 137)
  • Medium Red-Violet (Crayola Red Violet) (Hex: #BB3385) (RGB: 187, 51, 133)
  • Red-Violet (web color Medium Violet Red) (Hex: #C71585) (RGB: 199, 21, 133)
  • Mulberry (Crayola) (Hex: #C54B8C) (RGB: 197, 75, 140)
  • Hibiscus (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #B6316C) (RGB: 182, 49, 108)
  • Bright Tyrian Purple (Hex: #B80049) (RGB: 184, 0, 73)
  • Rich Tyrian Purple (Hex: #9E0E40) (RGB: 158, 14, 64)
  • Medium Tyrian Purple (Hex: #990024) (RGB: 97, 64, 81)
  • Amaranth Purple (PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul) (Hex: #AB274F) (RGB: 171, 39, 79)
  • Night Shadz (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #AA375A) (RGB: 170, 55, 90)
  • Royal Heath (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #AB3472) (RGB: 171, 52, 114)
  • Jazzberry Jam (Crayola) (Hex: #A50B5E) (RGB: 165, 11, 94)
  • Violine (Hex: #A10684) (RGB: 161, 6, 132)
  • Amaranth Deep Purple (Amaranth (Maerz and Paul)) (Hex: #9F2B68) (RGB: 159, 43, 104)
  • Red-Violet Eggplant (Hex: #990066) (RGB: 153, 0, 102)
  • Medium Mauve (Vietnamese Mauve) (Hex: #993366) (RGB: 153, 51, 102)
  • Disco (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #871550) (RGB: 135, 21, 80)
  • Boysenberry (Pantone TPX 19-2431) (Hex: #873260) (RGB: 135, 50, 96)
  • Plum (Crayola) (Hex: #843179) (RGB: 132, 49, 121)
  • Mardi Gras (Xona.com color list Mardi Gras Light) (Hex: #880085) (RGB: 136, 0, 137)
  • PURPLE (HTML/CSS web color Purple) (Patriarch) (Hex: #800080) (RGB: 128, 0, 128)
  • Byzantium (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #702963) (RGB: 112, 41, 99)
  • Imperial (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: 602F6B) (RGB: 96, 47, 107)
  • Purple Magic (Pantone TPX 19-3540) (Hex: #693B71) (RGB: 105, 59, 113)
  • Purple Passion (Pantone TPX 19-3223) (Hex: #682860) (RGB: 104, 40, 96)
  • Palatinate Purple (Hex: #682860) (RGB: 104, 40, 96)
  • Tokyo Purple (Japanese Imperial Purple) (Hex: #5A004A) (RGB: 90, 0, 74)
  • Halaya Ube (Purple Yam Jam) (Hex: #663854) (RGB: 102, 56, 84)
  • Pansy Purple (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #78184A) (RGB: 120, 24, 74)
  • Nightclub (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #660045) (RGB: 102, 0, 69)
  • Tyrian Purple (Imperial Purple) (Hex: #66023C) (RGB: 102, 2, 60)
  • Cosmic (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #763950) (RGB: 118, 57, 93)
  • Persian Plum (Xona.com color list) (Prune) (Hex: #701C1C) (RGB: 112, 28, 28)
  • Old Mauve (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #673147) (RGB: 103, 49, 71)
  • Eggplant (Crayola) (Aubergine) (Hex: #664051) (RGB: 97, 64, 81)
  • Dark Byzantium (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #5D3954) (RGB: 93, 57, 84)
  • Blackberry (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #4D0135) (RGB: 77, 1, 53)
  • Purple Taupe (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #50404D) (RGB: 80, 64, 77)
  • Dark Mardi Gras (Xona.com color list Mardi Gras) (Hex350036) (RGB: 53, 0, 54)

[change] Tones of Tyrian purple

These Tyrian purple colors, all of which are also shown in the color chart above, show the original purple of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. The color imperial shown below was made by mixing Tyrian purple with indigo dye.

  • Bright Tyrian Purple (Hex: #B80049) (RGB: 184, 0, 73)
  • Rich Tyrian Purple (Hex: #9E0E40) (RGB: 158, 14, 64)
  • Medium Tyrian Purple (Hex: #990024) (RGB: 97, 64, 81)
  • TYRIAN PURPLE (Imperial Purple) (Hex: #66023C) (RGB: 102, 2, 60)
  • Imperial (Hex: 602F6B) (RGB: 96, 47, 107)



Colors – List of colors
Cyan Magenta Black Gray Silver White
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
Gold Olive Purple Navy Brown Pink


Web Colors
black gray silver white red maroon purple fuchsia green lime olive yellow blue navy teal aqua
                               

[change] References

  1. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202
  2. ↑ Interscience, Purple Dyes made from Shellfish in Antiquity
  3. ↑ Mariginal Revolution, Royal Purple

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