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  2. Viola sororia - Wikipedia

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    Viola sororia ( / vaɪˈoʊlə səˈrɔːriə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə ), [ 5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood violet.

  3. Viola cucullata - Wikipedia

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    The purple violet is a low-growing perennial herbaceous plant up to 20 cm (8 in) tall. The leaves form a basal cluster; they are simple, up to 10 cm (4 in) broad, with an entire margin and a long petiole. The flowers are violet, dark blue and occasionally white. with five petals. The fruit is a capsule 10–15 mm ( – in) long, which splits ...

  4. How birds get their colors. A visual guide to your ...

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    K-means works by dividing the colors of a bird into distinct groups, or 'clusters' to find the most representative colors. Each pixel's color is then assigned to the nearest cluster center.

  5. LGBT symbols - Wikipedia

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    Violets, symbol of Sapphic love. Violets and their color became a special code used by lesbians and bisexual women. [27] [28] [29] The symbolism of the flower derives from several fragments of poems by Sappho in which she describes a lover wearing garlands or a crown with violets.

  6. List of flags containing the color purple - Wikipedia

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    Purple is one of the least used colors in vexillology and heraldry. Currently, the color appears in only four national flags: that of Dominica, Spain, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, and one co-official national flag, the Wiphala (co-official national flag of Bolivia ). However, it is also present in the flags of several administrative subdivisions ...

  7. Shades of violet - Wikipedia

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    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. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 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 ...

  8. Turaco - Wikipedia

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    The turacos on the other hand are brightly coloured birds, usually blue, green or purple. The green colour in turacos comes from turacoverdin , the only true green pigment in birds known to date. Other "greens" in bird colors result from a yellow pigment such as some carotenoid , combined with the prismatic physical structure of the feather ...

  9. Liturgical colours - Wikipedia

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    The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion. There is a distinction between the colour of the vestments worn by the clergy and their choir dress , which with a few exceptions does not change ...