There are numerous variations of the color purple, a sampling of which are shown below.
In common English usage, purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue.
In color theory, purple colors are any colors on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram (or colors that can be derived from colors on the line of purples), i.e., any color between red and violet, not including either red or violet themselves.
The first recorded use of purple as a color name in English was in 975 AD.
Purple
Color icon purple.svg
Common connotations
royalty, nobility, Lent, Easter, Mardi Gras
About these coordinates Color coordinates
Hex triplet #800080
RGB (r, g, b) (128, 0, 128)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 100, 0, 50)
HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 100%, 50%)
Computer web color purples
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #800080
RGB (r, g, b) (128, 0, 128)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (66, 87, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 100%, 50.2%)
This purple used in HTML and CSS actually is deeper and has a more reddish hue (#800080) than the X11 color purple shown below as purple (X11 color) (#A020F0), which is bluer and brighter.
This color may be called HTML/CSS purple. It seems likely that this color was chosen as the web color purple because its hue is exactly halfway between red and blue and its value is exactly halfway between white and black.
A traditional name sometimes used for this tone of purple is patriarch. The first recorded use of patriarch as a color name in English was in 1925.
Purple (X11 color) (veronica)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #A020F0
RGB (r, g, b) (160, 32, 240)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (9, 94, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (276.92°, 86.67%, 94.12%)
At right is displayed the color purple, as defined in the X11 color, which is a lot brighter and bluer than the HTML purple shown above.
See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML and X11.
This color can be called X11 purple.
The traditional name for this tone of purple is veronica. The first recorded use of veronica as a color name in English was in 1919.
Medium purple (X11)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #9370DB
RGB (r, g, b) (147, 112, 219)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (56, 58, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (270°, 68%, 72%)
Displayed at right is the web color medium purple.
This color is a medium shade of the bright X11 purple shown above.
Additional definition of purple
Purple (Munsell)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #9F00C5
RGB (r, g, b) (159, 0, 197)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (19, 100, 0, 23)
HSV (h, s, v) (288°, 100%, 77%)
The hues of the Munsell color system, at varying values, and maximum chroma to stay in the sRGB gamut.
The color defined as purple in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5P) is shown at right. The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma (color purity), spaced uniformly in three dimensions in the elongated oval at an angle shaped Munsell color solid according to the logarithmic scale which governs human perception. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five primary colors—red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
Additional variations
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FAE6FA
RGB (r, g, b) (250, 230, 250)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 8, 0, 2)
HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 8%, 98%)
Pale purple is the pale tint of purple.
Mauve
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #E0B0FF
RGB (r, g, b) (224, 176, 255)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (12, 31, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (276°, 31%, 100%)
Mauve /ˈmoʊv/ (About this sound listen) (rhymes with “grove”; from the French form of Malva “mallow”) is a pale purple. Mauve is named after the mallow flower. Another name for the color is mallow with the first recorded use of mallow as a color name in English in 1611.
Thistle
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #D8BFD8
RGB (r, g, b) (216, 191, 216)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (18, 27, 2, 1)
HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 12%, 85%)
Thistle is a light purple resembling the thistle plant.
The first recorded use of Thistle as a color name in English was in 1892.
The color thistle is associated with Scotland because the thistle is the national flower of Scotland and Scotland’s highest state decoration is the Order of the Thistle.
Orchid
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #DA70D6
RGB (r, g, b) (218, 112, 214)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 49, 2, 15)
HSV (h, s, v) (302°, 49%, 85%)
The color orchid is a bright rich purple. The name ‘orchid’ originates from the flowers of some species of the vast orchid flower family, such as Laelia furfuracea and Ascocentrum pusillum, which have petals of this color.
The first recorded use of orchid as a color name in English was in 1915.
Heliotrope
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #DF73FF
RGB (r, g, b) (223, 115, 255)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (13, 55, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (286°, 55%, 100%)
The color heliotrope is a brilliant tone of purple; it is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the color of the heliotrope flower.
The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882.
Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #DF00FF
RGB (r, g, b) (223, 0, 255)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (13, 100, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (292°, 100%, 100%)
The pure essence of purple was approximated in pigment in the late 1960s by mixing fluorescent magenta and fluorescent blue pigments together to make fluorescent purple to use in psychedelic black light paintings. This tone of purple was very popular among hippies and was the favorite color of Jimi Hendrix. Thus it is called psychedelic purple. Psychedelic purple is the color halfway between electric purple and magenta.
In the 1980s there was a Jimi Hendrix Museum in a Victorian house on the east side of Central Ave. one half block south of Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco which was painted this color.
Another name for this color is phlox, as it is the color of the phlox flower. The first recorded use of phlox as a color name in English was in 1918.
Purple pizzazz
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FE4EDA
RGB (r, g, b) (254, 78, 218)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 69, 14, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (312°, 69%, 100%)
This color was formulated by Crayola in 1990.
Liseran purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #DE6FA1
RGB (r, g, b) (223, 111, 161)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 50, 28, 13)
HSV (h, s, v) (333°, 50%, 87%)
The first recorded use of liseran purple as a color name in English was in 1912.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)–Color Sample of Liseran Purple (color sample #248)
Mulberry
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C54B8C
RGB (r, g, b) (197, 75, 140)
HSV (h, s, v) (285°, 67%, 70%)
Color mulberry is a representation of the color of mulberry jam or pie. This was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 2003.
The first recorded use of mulberry as a color name in English was in 1776.
Pearly purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #B768A2
RGB (r, g, b) (183, 104, 162)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 43, 12, 28)
HSV (h, s, v) (316°, 43%, 72%)
Pearly purple is one of the colors in the special set of metallic colored Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.
Purpureus
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #9A4EAE
RGB (r, g, b) (154, 78, 174)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (12, 55, 0, 32)
HSV (h, s, v) (288°, 55%, 68%)
Another name for this color is purpura.
The first recorded use of purpura as a color name in English was in 1382.
Northwestern Purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #4E2A84
RGB (r, g, b) (78, 48, 132)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (84, 100, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (261°, 64%, 52%)
Northwestern Purple is the official color of Northwestern University, as shown at the right. Additionally, there are shades and tints that are variations of the base color. Northwestern Purple is a custom ink color and can no longer be referenced by a Pantone number.
KSU Purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #512888
RGB (r, g, b) (81, 40, 136)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (82, 100, 0, 12)
HSV (h, s, v) (266°, 71%, 53%)
For printed material, purple (Pantone #268+) is the official school color of Kansas State University, as shown at the right. Traditionally, the school has referred to this darker and bluer shade as Royal Purple. [compare with Royal purple: 1600s]
For the web, #512888 is the official color, even though that hex triplet is not a direct conversion from Pantone 268+.
Pomp and Power
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #86608E
RGB (r, g, b) (134, 96, 142)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (56, 32, 0, 44)
HSV (h, s, v) (290°, 32%, 56%)
The color pomp and power is not found in the 1930 first edition of the Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul, but it is found in the second edition of 1950.
Mardi Gras
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #880085
RGB (r, g, b) (136, 0, 137)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 100, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (301°, 100%, 53%)
The color name Mardi Gras has been in use since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.
Eminence
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #6C3082
RGB (r, g, b) (108, 48, 130)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (17, 63, 0, 49)
HSV (h, s, v) (284°, 63%, 51%)
The color name eminence, used since the 1800s, has been in modern use for this color since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.
Byzantium
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #702963
RGB (r, g, b) (112, 41, 99)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 63, 12, 56)
HSV (h, s, v) (311°, 63%, 44%)
The first recorded use of byzantium as a color name in English was in 1926.
Pansy purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #78184A
RGB (r, g, b) (120, 24, 74)
HSV (h, s, v) (287°, 36%, 27%)
Purple Pansy
The pansy flower has varieties that exhibit three different colors: pansy (a color between indigo and violet), pansy pink, and pansy purple.
The first recorded use of pansy purple as a color name in English was in 1814.
Palatinate
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #682860
RGB (r, g, b) (104, 40, 96)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (0, 62, 8, 59)
HSV (h, s, v) (308°, 62%, 41%)
Palatinate is a color (a pale shade of violet) associated with the University of Durham (and with Newcastle University Medical School, this being the former medical school of Durham University.) A separate color, ‘Palatinate Blue’, is derived from the Coat of Arms of the County of Durham. The name ‘Palatinate’ in both instances alludes to the historic status of Durham as a County Palatine.
Dark purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #301934
RGB (r, g, b) (48, 25, 52)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (8, 52, 0, 80)
HSV (h, s, v) (291°, 51%, 20%)
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)–Color sample of Dark purple.
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