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  2. Byzantium (color) - Wikipedia

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    Deep reddish purple. B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple ( hue rendering ), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is ...

  3. Shades of purple - Wikipedia

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    In common English usage, purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. [1] However, the meaning of the term purple is not well defined. There is confusion about the meaning of the terms purple and violet even among native speakers of English. [2] Many native speakers of English in the United States refer to the blue ...

  4. Biological pigment - Wikipedia

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    Pigment color differs from structural color in that it is the same for all viewing angles, whereas structural color is the result of selective reflection or iridescence, usually because of multilayer structures. For example, butterfly wings typically contain structural color, although many butterflies have cells that contain pigment as well. [3]

  5. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  6. Tyrian purple - Wikipedia

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    The dye is an organic compound of bromine (i.e., an organobromine compound), a class of compounds often found in algae and in some other sea life, but much more rarely found in the biology of land animals. This dye is in contrast to the imitation purple that was commonly produced using cheaper materials than the dyes from the sea snail. [2]

  7. Cercis siliquastrum - Wikipedia

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    Cercis siliquastrum. L. Synonyms. Siliquastrum orbicularis Moench. Cercis siliquastrum , commonly known as the Judas tree or Judas-tree, [ 1] is a small deciduous tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae which is noted for its prolific display of deep pink flowers in spring. It is native to Southern Europe and Western Asia .

  8. Byzantium - Wikipedia

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    Greek, Ancient Greek. Latin. Byzantine. Byzantium ( / bɪˈzæntiəm, - ʃəm /) or Byzantion ( Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Thracian settlement and later a Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and which is known as Istanbul today.

  9. List of colors by shade - Wikipedia

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    Black is the darkest shade, and the result of the absence or complete absorption of light. Like white and gray, it is an achromatic color, literally a color without hue. v. t. e. Shades of black. Bistre. Black. Black bean.