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2. Shades of purple - Wikipedia

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   This color may also be called lavender (floral) or floral lavender to distinguish it from the web color lavender. It is the color of the central part of the lavender flower. The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in 1705. [21] Since the color lavender has a hue code of 275, it may be regarded as a light tone ...

3. Lavender (color) - Wikipedia

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   Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet.It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name.The web color called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as floral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender ...

4. Pastel (color) - Wikipedia

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   Pastel sticks historically tended to have lower saturation than paints of the same pigment, hence the name of this color family. The colors of this family are usually described as "soothing." [ 3 ] Pink , mauve , [ 4 ] and baby blue [ 5 ] are commonly used pastel colors, as are mint green , peach , periwinkle , lilac , and lavender .

5. Shades of violet - Wikipedia

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   This color may also be called lavender (floral) or floral lavender to distinguish it from the web color lavender. It is the color of the central part of the lavender flower. The first recorded use of the word lavender as a color term in English was in 1705. [25] Since the color lavender has a hue code of 275, it may be regarded as a light tone ...

6. Violet (color) - Wikipedia

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   In the 18th century, purple was a color worn by royalty, aristocrats and other wealthy people. Good-quality purple fabric was too expensive for ordinary people. The first cobalt violet, the intensely red-violet cobalt arsenate, was highly toxic. Although it persisted in some paint lines into the 20th century, it was displaced by less toxic ...

7. List of colors (alphabetical) - Wikipedia

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   Colors are an important part of the visual arts, fashion, interior design, and many other fields and disciplines. The following list shows a compact version of the colors in the list of colors A–F, G–M, and N–Z articles.

8. Periwinkle (color) - Wikipedia

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   Periwinkle is a color in the blue and violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb ( Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color. The color periwinkle is also called lavender blue and light blue violet. [ 2] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of purple-blue in the Munsell color system, or a ...

9. Orchid (color) - Wikipedia

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   Orchid is a bright rich purple color that resembles the color which various orchids often exhibit. Various tones of orchid may range from grayish purple to purplish-pink to strong reddish purple. The first recorded use of orchid as a color name in English was in 1915. [1] In 1987, orchid was included as one of the X11 colors.