Periwinkle (color)
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| Periwinkle | ||
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| — Common connotations — | ||
| serenity, purity, daintiness, water, ice, calmness, sea, sky, winter, sadness, mourning, cuteness, stomach cancer awareness | ||
— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #CCCCFF | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (204, 204, 255) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (240°, 20%, 100%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul [1] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Periwinkle is a color in the blue family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color.
The color Periwinkle is also called lavender blue.[2] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of blue or indigo – a pastel blue. It is also sometimes synonymous with light blue.
The first recorded use of periwinkle as a color name in English was in 1922.[3]
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[edit] Periwinkle in human culture
- Film
- In the film Snatch, the character Mickey (played by Brad Pitt), a bare-knuckle boxer, insists on getting a "periwinkle blue" caravan bought for his mother as a payment for his next fight.[4]
- Literature
- In the Harry Potter books, Dumbledore is known to be fond of the color periwinkle, and is often said to be wearing robes of colored a tone of periwinkle blue.[5]
- Medicine
- Periwinkle blue is the color for esophageal and stomach cancer awareness ribbons. It is also the color for pulmonary hypertension awareness ribbons.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called periwinkle in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color periwinkle is displayed on page 109, Plate 43, Color Sample B8.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196—Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading lavender; Page 190—Lavender blue is listed as blue-lavender , first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Periwinkle: Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample B8
- ^ IMDB 'quote' page for 'Snatch'
- ^ eHOw—How to Make the Color Periwinkle by Peter Matthews November 23, 2010:
- ^ Personalized Care. Not to forget it's also an awareness ribbon for eating disorders http://www.personalizedcause.com/shop/collections/classic/detail/c_periwinkle.html
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