Violet (color)
| Violet | |
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| Spectral coordinates | |
| Wavelength | 380–450 nm |
| Frequency | 800–715 THz |
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| Source | [Unsourced] |
As the name of a color, violet is synonymous with pink purple and blue, when the word "purple" is used in the common English language sense of any color between blue and red, not including either blue or red. Since Isaac Newton listed violet as his name for the color of the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum (approximately 380–450 nm),[1] when both of the names purple and violet are used within the same system, violet represents colors nearer to blue, while purple is used for colors more nearly between violet and red on what is called in color theory the line of purples. Objects reflecting only light wavelengths in the aforementioned “violet range” would appear very dark, because human vision is relatively insensitive to those wavelengths, but the color of a monochromatic light source emitting only those wavelengths can be roughly approximated by the color shown below as electric violet. A pale tint of violet is lavender.
The first recorded use of violet as a color name in English was in 1370.[2]
Approximations of spectrum violet
Although pure spectrum violet is outside the color gamut of the RGB color space, the two colors displayed below are rough approximations of the range of colors of actual spectral violet, although the accuracy of the approximation can vary greatly depending on the individual's colour vision.
Color wheel violet
| Violet (color wheel) | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #7F00FF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (127, 0, 255) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (270°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (41, 134, 275°) |
| Source | Chromas/Achromas[3] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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. This tone of violet is shown at right. This tone of violet is actually somewhat toward indigo assuming indigo is accepted as a separate spectrum color.
Electric violet
| Electric Violet | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #8F00FF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (143, 0, 255) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (274°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (43, 134, 278°) |
| Source | HTML Color Chart @274 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color at right, electric violet, is the closest approximation to middle spectrum violet that can be made on a computer screen, given the limitations of the sRGB color gamut.
Computer web color violets
| Violet (web color) | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #EE82EE |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (238, 130, 238) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (300°, 45%, 93%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (70, 85, 308°) |
| Source | X11[4] X11 color names[5] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Web color "violet"
The so-called web color "violet" is in actuality not really a tint of violet, a spectral color, [citation needed] but is a non-spectral color. 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. This same color appears as "violet" in the X11 color names.[citation needed]
| Dark Violet | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #9400D3 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (148, 0, 211) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (282°, 100%, 83%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (40, 110, 285°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Pigment violet (web color dark violet)
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.[citation needed]
Compare 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. [citation needed]
Pigment violet (web color dark violet) represents the way the color violet was always reproduced in pigments, paints, or colored pencils in the 1950s. By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic art, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "Violet" that are the pigment equivalent of the electric violet reproduced in the section above became available in artists pigments and colored pencils. [citation needed] (When approximating electric violet in artists pigments, a bit of white pigment is added to pigment violet.[citation needed])
Violet in nature
- The color violet was named in the 14th century after the violet flower.
- The violet coral is a species of mushroom.
Violet in human culture
- In Chinese painting, the color violet represents the harmony of the universe because it is a combination of red and blue (Yin and yang respectively).[6]
- In Green Lantern (comic book), the seven colors of the rainbow each represent their own emotion. Violet light represents love, and the lantern corp that draws power from it are the Star Sapphire. However, the light they use is closer to the web color violet rather than true violet.
- In the United Kingdom it is traditional to package chocolate in violet colored packaging because of the association of the color royal purple with luxury.[7]
- Violet is the name of a 75-foot (23 m) diameter spherical starship that was an enlarged version of the Skylark Two in the 1948 E.E. Smith science fiction novel Skylark Three (originally published in Amazing Stories in 1930), the second book of the Skylark tetralogy.[8]
- The "New Age Prophetess", Alice Bailey, in her system called the Seven Rays which classifies humans into seven different metaphysical psychological types, the "seventh ray" of "Ceremonial Order" is represented by the color violet. People who have this metaphysical psychological type are said to be "on the Violet Ray".[9]
- Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye report that those who are practicing occultists (magical thaumaturgists) often have a violet aura.[10] It is said that people with violet auras are forward looking visionaries who may be in occupations such as performance artist, photographer, venture capitalist, astronaut, futurist, or quantum physicist.[11]
- There is a small New Age political party in Germany with about 1,150 members called The Violet Party. The party believes in direct democracy, a guaranteed minimum income, and that politics should be based on spiritual values. "The Violet Party" was founded in Dortmund, Germany in 2001.[12]
- In Hinduism, violet is used to symbolically represent the seventh, crown chakra (Sahasrara).[13]
- In many western churches, violet is the liturgical color of Advent and Lent, which respectively celebrate the expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus and the time for Penance and/or Mourning.
- Filipino Catholic priests have for several decades been granted special permission to wear violet instead of black at Masses for the dead due to the country's tropical climate.
- There is a stained glass window created in the early 1920s in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles depicting God the Father wearing a violet robe.[14]
- In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, the color violet is used to represent the Ascended Master St. Germain.[15]
- The Invocation of the Violet Flame is a system of meditation practice used in the "I AM" Activity and by the Church Universal and Triumphant (both Ascended Master Teaching religions). It is believed to be invoked from Saint Germain and practicing it is part of these religions' devotion to Saint Germain.[15] The violet flame is believed to originate from a deity named Omri-Tas, Ruler of the Violet Planet.
- The only nation ever to use the color violet in its flag was the second Spanish republic.[16]
See also
- Flag of the Second Spanish Republic
- High-energy visible light
- Lavender
- List of colors
- Purple
- Ultraviolet
References
- ^ J. W. G. Hunt (1980). Measuring Color. Ellis Horwood Ltd. ISBN 0-7458-0125-0.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207
- ^ The color violet (color wheel) is defined as the color with a hue of 270 degrees which is the color exactly half way between blue and magenta on the RGB color wheel.
- ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 30 January 2008.
- ^ "X11 rgb.txt".
- ^ Varichon, Anne Colors:What They Mean and How to Make Them New York:2006 Abrams Page 138
- ^ Varley, Helen, editor Color London:1980—Marshall Editions, Ltd. ISBN 0-89535-037-8 Page 222
- ^ Ellik, Ron and Evans, Bill (Illustrations by Bjo Trimble) The Universes of E.E. Smith Chicago:1966 Advent Publishers Page 250
- ^ Bailey, Alice A. (1995). The Seven Rays of Life. New York: Lucis Publishing Company. ISBN 0-85330-142-5.
- ^ Bonewits, P.E.I. Real Magic New York:1971 Berkley Medallion Page 141
- ^ Oslie, Pamalie Life Colors: What the Colors in Your Aura Reveal Novato, California:2000—New World Library Violet Auras: Pages 130-144
- ^ Violet Party website:
- ^ Stevens, Samantha. The Seven Rays: a Universal Guide to the Archangels. City: Insomniac Press, 2004. ISBN 1-894663-49-7 pg. 24
- ^ Stained glass window in the Cathedral of the Angels in Los Angeles, California depicting God the Father wearing a violet robe:
- ^ a b "St. Germain" (dictated through Elizabeth Clare Prophet) Studies in Alchemy: the Science of Self-Transformation 1974:Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Summit Lighthouse Pages 80-90 [Occult] Biographical sketch of St. Germain
- ^ Flag of 2nd Spanish Republic:
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