Red-violet

Red-violet is a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to magenta than to red. It is classified in color theory as one of the purple colors—a non-spectral color between red and violet that is a deep version of a color on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram. Both its saturation and brightness falling short of 100%, red-violet is not a pure chroma. There is a color of similar hue that, however, comes close to being a pure chroma: process magenta. The pure chroma color composed of equal parts of magenta and red is called rose.

A red-violet used on a postage stamp

Red-Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C71585
HSV       (h, s, v)	(322°, 89%, 78[1]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(199, 21, 133)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

In the use by artists, red-violet is equivalent to purple, however, although the color "purple" is inaccurately used by many people as a synonym for violet or a color close to violet, professional artists who use the RYB color wheel generally use the term "purple" to specifically refer to a pigment color that is equivalent to red-violet (i.e., the tertiary color between violet and red on the RYB color wheel) in order to give themselves a larger and more balanced palette of pigments to work with.

The Munsell color system also refers to red-violet as purple; in the Munsell color system, this color at the maximum chroma of 12 is called Red-Purple. This convention is for chromatic purposes, since Red-Purple lies between violet and printer's magenta (the color regarded as magenta before the invention of the web colour magenta for computer displays).

Relationship of red-violet to other colors

Red-violet is part of the red "analogous color group", which also includes magenta, red, red-orange, orange, gold, and yellow, i.e. those colors classified as "Warm colors", or colors that produces a feeling of warmth (as opposed to "cool colors").

The color that is the complement of red-violet, mint green, lies halfway between green and spring green. It is very close to sea green, but highly saturated, and of a bright hue.

In some traditional usage, red-violet is the name given to an intermediate or tertiary color that, along with yellow-orange (gold) and also green-blue (cyan), forms a color wheel triad group. Most contemporary usage, however, would list magenta as the name for the tertiary color in question.

Red-violet

Red-Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C71585
HSV       (h, s, v)	(322°, 89%, 78[1]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(199, 21, 133)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Red-violet or pigment purple (pigment red-violet) represents the way the color purple (red-violet) was normally reproduced in pigments, paints, or colored pencils in the 1950s on an old-fashioned RYB color wheel. This color is displayed at right and is identical to the web color medium violet red.

By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic art, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "purple" or "bright purple" that are the pigment equivalent of electric purple became available in artists pigments and colored pencils. Reproducing electric purple in pigment requires adding some white pigment and a small amount of blue pigment to red-violet pigment. Even then, the reproduction will not be exact because it is impossible for pigment colors to be so bright as colors displayed on a computer.

Variations of red-violet

Kobi

Kobi
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E79FC4
HSV       (h, s, v)	(329°, 31%, 91[2]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(231, 159, 196)
Source	Xona.com Color List
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate purplish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At the right is displayed the color kobi.

The color name kobi for this light tone of red-violet has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Pink lavender

Pink Lavender
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D8B2D1
HSV       (h, s, v)	(311°, 18%, 85[3]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(219, 178, 209)
Source	Pantone TPX[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish purplish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color pink lavender is displayed at the right.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.[5]

Puce

Puce
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CC8899
HSV       (h, s, v)	(345°, 33%, 80%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(204, 136, 153)
Source	99colors.net
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Dark pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Puce is a medium grayish red-violet color.

Pale red-violet

Pale Red-Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DB7093
HSV       (h, s, v)	(322°, 69%, 88%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(219, 112, 147)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep purplish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color pale red-violet (identical to the web color pale violet red) is displayed at the right.

This color is a pale tone of red-violet.

Violet-red

Violet-Red
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F75394
HSV       (h, s, v)	(336°, 66%, 97[6]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(247, 83, 148)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color violet-red is displayed at the right.

Violet-red, a bright tone of red-violet, has been a Crayola color since 1958.

Red-purple

Red-Purple
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E40078
HSV       (h, s, v)	(328°, 100%, 89%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(228, 0, 120)
Source	Gallego and Sanz[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Red-purple is the color that is called Rojo-Purpura (the Spanish word for "red-purple") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Although red-purple is a seldom used color name in English, in Spanish it is regarded one of the major tones of purple.

Blush

Blush
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DE5D83
HSV       (h, s, v)	(342°, 58%, 87[8]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(222, 93, 131)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color blush is displayed at the right.

The first recorded use of blush as a color name in English was in 1590.[9]

Blush has been a Crayola color since 1998. It was originally called cranberry but in 2005 the name was changed to blush.

Smitten

Smitten
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C84186
HSV       (h, s, v)	(329°, 68%, 78[10]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(200, 65, 134)
Source	Resene
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at the right is the color smitten.

Smitten is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color "smitten" was formulated in 2011.

Medium red-violet

Medium Red-Violet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#BB3385
HSV       (h, s, v)	(322°, 79%, 83%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(187, 51, 133)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Medium red-violet is the medium tone of the color red-violet that is called red-violet in Crayola crayons.

Red-violet has been a Crayola color since 1930.

Fandango

Fandango
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B53389
HSV       (h, s, v)	(320°, 72%, 71[11]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(181, 51, 137)
Source	/Maerz and Paul[12]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at the right is the color fandango.

The first recorded use of fandango as a color name in English was in 1919.[13]

Flirt

Flirt
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A2006D
HSV       (h, s, v)	(320°, 100%, 64[14]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(162, 0, 109)
Source	Xona.com Color List
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At the right is displayed the color flirt.

The first recorded use of flirt as a color name in English was in 1928.[15]

In 2001 "flirt" was included as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Popstar

Popstar
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#BE4F62
HSV       (h, s, v)	(350°, 58%, 75[16]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(190, 79, 98)
Source	Resene
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at the right is the color popstar.

Popstar is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color "popstar" was formulated in 2006.

Jazzberry jam

Jazzberry Jam
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A50B5E
HSV       (h, s, v)	(322°, 90%, 47%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(165, 11, 94)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color jazzberry jam is displayed at the right.

This color, a deep shade of red-violet, was formulated by Crayola crayons in 2003.

Wine

Wine
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#722F37
HSV       (h, s, v)	(353°, 59%, 45[17]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(114, 47, 55)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep reddish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At the right is displayed the color wine.

The color wine is a representation of the average color of red wine.

A glass of red wine

The first recorded use of wine as a color name in English was in 1705.[18]

Byzantium

Byzantium
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#702963
HSV       (h, s, v)	(311°, 63%, 44[19]%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(112, 41, 99)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep reddish purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The color Byzantium is displayed at the right.

The first recorded use of byzantium as a color name in English was in 1926.[20]

Eggplant

Eggplant
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#614051
HSV       (h, s, v)	(320°, 100%, 50%)
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(97, 64, 81)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Dark purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Eggplant is a dark purple,[21] or purplish brown,[22] color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants.[23] Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine[22] (the French and British English word for eggplant).

The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915.[24]

Eggplants or aubergines

The dark grayish-red-violet color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola in 1998.

Wrapping the spectrum into a color wheel

If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, red-violet appears midway between red and magenta:

Visible spectrum wrapped to join violet and red in an additive mixture of red-violet

References

1. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #C71585 (Red-Violet):
2. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #E79FC4 (Kobi):
3. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #D8B2D1 (Pink Lavender):
4. Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
5. Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:
6. web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #F75394 (Violet-Red):
7. Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume. ISBN 84-89840-31-8
8. web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #DE5D83 (Blush):
9. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 190; Color Sample of Blush Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample A7
10. web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #C84186 (Smitten):
11. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #B53389 (Fandango):
12. This color matches the color called Fandango in the book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill--Color Sample of Fandango Page 127 Plate 52 Color Sample L 10
13. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 195; Color Sample of Fandango Page 127 Plate 52 Color Sample L 10
14. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #A2006D (Flirt):
15. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195
16. web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #BE4F62 (Popstar):
17. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #722F37 (Wine):
18. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207
19. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #702963 (Byzantium):
20. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Byzantium: Page 111 Plate 44 Color Sample K7
21. David Grambs (1995). The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-31265-8.
22. William Yewdale Adams (1986). Ceramic Industries of Medieval Nubia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0500-5.
23. Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster Page 369
24. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Eggplant: Page 119 Plate 48 Color Sample H12

See also

• List of colors