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38. Dark Violet
HTML Hex for Dark Violet is #9400D3
Violet is a bright bluish purple color that takes its name from the violet
flower. On the traditional color wheel used by painters, it is located between
blue and purple. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, violet
is the color most commonly associated with the extravagant, the individualist,
ambiguity, the unconventional, and the artificial.
From the Middle English and old French violette, and from the Latin viola, the
names of the violet flower. The first recorded use of violet as a color name in
English was in 1370. In the traditional color wheel used by painters, violet
and purple are both
placed between red and blue. Purple occupies the space closer to red, between
crimson and violet. Violet is closer to blue, and usually less intense and
bright than purple.
While the scientific definition is clear, the cultural definitions are more
varied. The color called purple by the French, pourpre, contains more red and
half the amount of blue of the color called purple in the United States and the
U.K. In German, this color is sometimes called Purpurrot ("purple-red") to
avoid confusion.
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