Plum (color)
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| Plum | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #8E4585 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (142, 69, 133) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (307°, 51%, 56[1]%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color plum.
The deeper color shown at right (color #8E4585) is the color traditionally regarded as plum because it is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit.
The first recorded use of plum as a color name in English was in 1805. [2]
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[edit] Variations of plum
[edit] Web color "plum"
| Plum | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #DDA0DD | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (221, 160, 221) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (300°, 28%, 87[3]%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the web color called "plum". This is paler than the color at the head of this article (color #8E4585)
[edit] Persian plum (prune)
| Persian Plum | ||
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| Hex triplet | #701C1C | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (112, 28, 28) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (0°, 75%, 44[4]%) |
| Source | Xona.com Color List | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color Persian plum. from the Xona.com Color List.
This is the color traditionally called prune because it is a representation of the average color of a prune.[citation needed]
The first recorded use of prune as a color name in English was in 1789. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #8E4585 (Plum):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Plum4: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample J9 Note: The color designated plum (color #8E4585) that is displayed above matches the color identified as plum in the color sample in Maerz and Paul
- ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #DDA0DD (Pale Plum):
- ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #701C1C (Persian Plum) (Prune):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Prune: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample J8
[edit] See also
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| Amethyst | Byzantium | Cerise | Eggplant | Fandango | Fuchsia | Heliotrope | Indigo | Lavender blush | Lavender (floral) |
| Lavender (web) | Magenta | Orchid | Plum | Purple | Red-violet | Rose | Thistle | Violet | Wisteria |
| The samples shown above are only indicative. | |||||||||
