Heliotrope (color)
Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower. The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882. Variations. Heliotrope gray. The color heliotrope gray is displayed at right. The first recorded use of "heliotrope gray" as a colour name in English was in 1912. Old heliotrope. At right is displayed the colour old heliotrope. Another name for this colour is "old helio". The first recorded use of "old helio" as a colour name in English was in 1926.