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2. Caput mortuum (pigment) - Wikipedia

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   Caput mortuum (Latin for 'dead head', and variously spelled caput mortum or caput mortem), also known as cardinal purple, is the name given to a purple variety of hematite iron oxide pigment, used in oil paints and paper dyes. Due to the cultural significance of its deep purple colour, it was very popular for painting the robes of religious ...

3. List of inorganic pigments - Wikipedia

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   Paris Green: It was manufactured in 1814 to be a pigment to make a vibrant green paint; Cadmium pigments. Cadmium green: a light green pigment consisting of a mixture of cadmium yellow (CdS) and chrome green (Cr 2 O 3). Chromium pigments. Chrome green (PG17): anhydrous chromium(III) oxide (Cr 2 O 3). Viridian (PG18): hydrated chromium(III ...

4. Shades of purple - Wikipedia

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   The color purple, as defined in the X11 color names in 1987, is brighter and bluer than the HTML/CSS web color purple shown above as purple (HTML/CSS color). This is one of the very few clashes between web and X11 colors. This color can be called X11 purple. Veronica prostrata, for which the color veronica is named

5. Puce - Wikipedia

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   Puce is a brownish purple color. The term comes from the French couleur puce, literally meaning "flea color". [1]Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of Louis XVI, and was said to be a favorite color of Marie Antoinette, though there are no portraits of her wearing it.

6. Plum (color) - Wikipedia

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   Plum is a purple color with a brownish-gray tinge, like that shown on the right, or a reddish purple, which is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit. As a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel, plum is an equal mix of the tertiary colors russet and slate. [2] [3] The first recorded use of plum as a color name in ...

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