Ĭompare the subtractive colors to the additive colors in the two primary color charts in the article on primary colors to see the distinction between electric colors as reproducible from light on a computer screen (additive colors) and the pigment colors reproducible with pigments (subtractive colors) the additive colors are a lot brighter because they are produced from light instead of pigment. The color box at right displays the web color dark violet which is equivalent to pigment violet, i.e., the color violet as it would typically be reproduced by artist's paints, colored pencils, or crayons as opposed to the brighter "electric" violet above that it is possible to reproduce on a computer screen. Pigment violet (web color dark violet) Dark Violet This same color appears as "violet" in the X11 color names. The web color violet is actually a rather pale tint of magenta because it has equal amounts of red and blue (the definition of magenta for computer display), and some of the green primary mixed in, unlike most other variants of violet that are closer to blue. The so-called web color "violet" is in actuality not really a tint of violet, a spectral color, but is a non-spectral color. Another name for this color is near violet.Ĭomputer web color violets Web color "violet" Violet (web color) This tone of violet is actually somewhat toward indigo assuming indigo is accepted as a separate spectrum color, usually quoted as having a range of from about 420 to 450 nanometers. This tone of violet-an approximation of the color violet at about 417 nanometers as plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram-is shown at right. The tertiary color on the HSV color wheel (also known as the RGB color wheel) precisely halfway between blue and magenta is called color wheel violet. Variations of spectral violet Īlthough pure spectrum violet is outside the color gamut of the RGB color space, the three colors displayed below are rough approximations of the range of colors of actual spectral violet, although the accuracy of the approximation can vary depending on the individual's color vision, and on the color rendition of one's computer monitor.Ĭolor wheel violet Violet (color wheel) The uncertainty about the range of meanings of the color terms violet and purple is even larger when other languages and historical texts are considered. In other texts it is the term violet that covers the same full range of colors. In some British authoritative texts the term purple refers to any mixture of red and blue, suggesting the color term purple covers the full range between red and blue in the United Kingdom. The blue-dominated spectral color beyond blue is referred to as purple by many speakers in the United States, but this color is called violet by many speakers in the United Kingdom. Even among many modern speakers within the English-speaking world there is confusion about the terms purple and violet. The term violet has different meanings in different languages, countries and epochs. There are numerous variations of the color violet, a sampling of which are shown below. Violet is a color term derived from the flower of the same name. The color violet is named for the violet flower.
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