Title: Violet (color) Content: thumb|200px|The Violet flower Violet is the seventh color of the rainbow--it is the color on the inner edge of the rainbow. Violet is the color between blue and purple. The name of the color comes from the violet, which is a small flower grown in most parts of the world. The first written use of violet as a color name in English was in 1370.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207 ==Meaning of violet== *The color violet represents magic. Bonewits, P.E.I., Real Magic New York:1975 Berkley Medallion Books 1971 Page 141 Note: P.E.I. Bonewits in 1970 was the first person ever to graduate from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in Magic. *Violet is a colour of royalty and extravagance, when paired with yellow, which used to represent abundance and wealth. ==Comparison of blue, indigo, violet and purple==  ==Tones of violet color comparison chart== * Lavender Blush (web color) (Hex: #FFF0F5) (RGB: 255, 240, 245) * Lavender Mist (web color Lavender) (Hex: #E6E6FA) (RGB: 230, 230, 250) * Languid Lavender (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #D6CADD) (RGB: 214, 202, 221) * Lavender Blue-Grey (Hex: #BDBBD7) (RGB: 189, 187, 215) * Lavender Grey (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #C4C3D0) (RGB: 196, 195, 221) * Pale Lavender (Lavender (ISCC-NBS)) (Hex: #DCD0FF) (RGB: 220, 208, 255) * Lavender Blue (Periwinkle (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #CCCCFF) (RGB: 204, 204, 255) * Pastel Lavender (Mauve (www.99colors.net) (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #E0B0FF) (RGB: 224, 176, 255) * Pale Violet (Pale Blue Purple) (Pale Violet (www.99colors.net) (Maerz & Paul)) (Hex: #CC99FF) (RGB: 204, 153, 255) * Medium Lavender Grey Lilac (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #C8A2C8) (RGB: 200, 162, 200) * Light Lavender (Wisteria (Crayola)) (Hex: #C9A0DC (RGB: 201, 160, 220) * Lavender Pink (Crayola "Lavender") (Hex: #FBAED2) (RGB: 251, 174, 210) * Lavender Rose (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #FBA0E3) (RGB: 251, 160, 227) * Brilliant Lavender (Electric Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #F4BBFF (RGB: 249, 192, 255) * Lavender Magenta (X11 color "violet") (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #EE82EE) (RGB: 238, 130, 238) * Vivid Lavender (Psychedelic Lavender) (Heliotrope (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #DF73FF) (RGB: 223, 115, 255) * Vivid Orchid (Orchid (Crayola colored pencils) (Hex: #CC00FF) (RGB: 204, 0, 255) * Light Blue-Violet (Blue-Violet Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #C77DF3) (RGB: 199, 125, 243) * Light Seance (Seance Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #B96CCA) (RGB: 185, 108, 202) * * Steel Pink (Crayola Ultra colored pencils) (Hex: #CC33CC) (RGB: 204, 51, 204) * Fandango Pink (Pantone TPX 17-2033) (Hex: #DE5285) (RGB: 222, 82, 133) * Violet-Red (Crayola) (Hex: #F75394) (RGB: 247, 83, 148) * Heather Violet (RAL 4003) (Hex: #DE4C8A) (RGB: 222, 76, 138) * Bright Red-Violet (Xona.com "Violet-Red") (Hex: #D02090) (RGB: 208, 32, 144) * Red-Violet (web color Medium Violet-Red) (Hex: #C71585) (RGB: 199, 21, 133) * Medium Red-Violet (Red-Violet (Crayola)) (Hex: #BB3385) (RGB: 187, 51, 133) * Rose Violet (Pantone TPX 17-2624) (Hex: #C24C92) (RGB: 194, 76, 146) * Medium Lavender Pink (Sky Magenta) (Venus colored pencils) (Hex: #CF71AF) (RGB: 207, 113, 175) * Light Medium Violet (Violet Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #CAABD0) (RGB: 202, 171, 208) * * Violet Tulle (Pantone TPX 16-3416) (Hex: #C693C7) (RGB: 198, 147, 199) * African Violet (Pantone TPX 16-3520) (Hex: #B284BE) (RGB: 178, 132, 190) * Dull Deep Lavender (Wikipedia Link Lavender) (Hex: #9C87CD) (RGB: 158, 137, 193) * Light Studio (Studio Light (Xona.com color list)) Hex: #B89BDD) (RGB: 184, 155, 221) * Medium Bright Lavender (Bright Ube (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #D19FE8) (RGB: 209, 159, 232) * Bright Lavender (Light Floral Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #BF94E4) (RGB: 191, 148, 228) * Light Violet (Hex: #B09DB9) (RGB: 176, 157, 185) * Lavender (Floral Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Maerz & Paul) (Hex: #B57EDC) (RGB: 181, 126, 220) * Rich Lavender (Deep Floral Lavender) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #A76BCF) (RGB: 170, 97, 204) * Deep Rich Lavender (Deep Lilac (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #9955BB) (RGB: 153, 85, 187) * * Medium Deep Lavender (Amethyst (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #9966CC) (RGB: 153, 102, 204) * Deep Rich Lavender Grey (Purple Yam) (Ube (www.99colors.net)) (Hex: #8878C3) (RGB: 136, 120, 195) * Deep Lavender (Medium Purple (web color)) (Hex: #9370DB) (RGB: 147, 112, 219) * Lavender Indigo (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #9457EB) (RGB: 148, 87, 235) * Near Violet (Color Wheel Violet) (Hex: #7F00FF) (RGB: 127, 0, 255) * Violet (Middle Violet) (Electric Violet) (Blue Purple) (Hex: #8F00FF) (RGB: 143, 0, 255) * Extreme Violet (Vivid Violet) (Hex: #9F00FF) (RGB: 159, 0, 255) * Dark Orchid (web color) (Hex: #9932CC) (RGB: 153, 50, 204) * * Pigment Violet (web color Dark Violet) (Hex: #9400D3) (RGB: 148, 0, 211) * French Violet (Violet (pourpre.com) (Hex: #8806CE) (RGB: 136, 6, 206) * * Deep Indigo (web color Blue-Violet) (Hex: #8A2BE2) (RGB: 138, 43, 226) * Internet Purple (color of "all purple website" www.purple.com) (Hex: #7D26CD) (RGB: 125, 38, 205) * * Light Violent Violet (Violent Violet Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #7B4BAB) (RGB: 123, 75, 171) * * Light Japanese Violet (Violet (contemporary Japanese traditional colors)) (Hex: #7058A3) (RGB: 112, 88, 163) * * Sultan Blue (Nippon Paint) (Hex: #5d5387) (RGB: 93, 83, 135) * * Royal Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #6B3FA0) (RGB: 107, 63, 160) * * Grape (Crayola) (Hex: #6F2DA8) (RGB: 111, 45, 168) * Seance (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #731E8F) (RGB: 115, 30, 143) * * Generic Purple (Hex: #660099) (RGB: 102, 0, 153) (CMYK: 33,100,0,40) * Violet-Blue (Crayola) (Hex: #324AB2) (RGB: 50, 74, 178) * * Purple Heart (Crayola) (Hex: #652DC1) (RGB: 101, 45, 93) * * Studio (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #714AB2) (RGB: 113, 74, 178) * Dark Lavender (Pantone Color #258) (Hex: #734F96) (RGB: 115, 79, 50) * Violet Purple (Crayola) (Hex: #8359A3) (RGB: 131, 89, 163) * * Violet-gray (Hex: #755496) (RGB: 117, 84, 150) * * Lavender Purple (Purple Mountain Majesty (Crayola)) (Hex: #9978B6) (RGB: 150, 120, 182) * * Old Lavender (Dark Lavender Grey) (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #796878) (RGB: 121, 104, 120) * Pearl Violet (RAL 4011) (Violet Grey) (Hex: #8683A1) (RGB: 134, 131, 162) * * Pastel Violet (RAL 4009) (Hex: #A47D90) (RGB: 164, 125, 144) * * Chinese Violet (Pantone TPX 18-3418) (Hex: #856088) (RGB: 133, 96, 136) * * Medium Violet (Violet (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #8F5E99) (RGB: 143, 94, 153) * * Dark Vivid Violet (Vivid Violet (Crayola)) (Hex: #8F509D) (RGB: 143, 80, 157) * * Quinacridone Violet (MIR Acrylics) (Hex: #990099) (RGB: 153, 0, 153) * * Hyacinth Violet (Pantone TPX 16-3331) (Hex: #934D91) (RGB: 147, 77, 145) * * Signal Violet (RAL 4008) (Hex: #924E7D) (RGB: 146, 78, 125) * * Twilight Lavender (Crayola Silver Swirls) (Hex: #8A496B) (RGB: 138, 73, 107) * Claret Violet (RAL 4004) (Hex: #6E1C34) (RGB: 110, 28, 52) * Halaya Ube (Purple Yam Jam) (www.99colors.net) (Hex: #663854) (RGB: 102, 56, 84) * Japanese Violet (Violet (Japanese traditional colors)) (Hex: #5B3256) (RGB: 91, 50, 86) * Imperial (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #602F6B) (RGB: 96, 47, 107) * English Violet (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #563C5C) (RGB: 86, 60, 92) * Clairvoyant (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #480656) (RGB: 72, 6, 86) * Dark Violet (Spanish Violet) (Dark Blue Purple) (Violet (Gallego & Sanz)) (Hex: #4C2882) (RGB: 76, 40, 130) * * Vulgar Purple (Grape Jelly) (Hex: #3E2F84) (RGB: 62, 47, 132) * * Violent Violet (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #290C5E) (RGB: 41, 12, 94) * * Russian Violet (ISCC-NBS) (Hex: #32174D) (RGB: 50, 23, 77) * Jagger (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #350E47) (RGB: 53, 14, 87) * Black Currant (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #32293A) (RGB: 50, 41, 58) ==Related pages== *List of colors *Blue-violet *Cerise *Fuchsia *Indigo *Magenta *Mauve *Orchid *Purple *Purple-gray *Rose *Ultraviolet *Violet-gray