Violet pigments

Description

Violet is a color produced by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of about 400450nm. It is considered a secondary color in the traditional RYB color wheel made by mixing blue and red. The shade of violet from the color wheel (halfway between blue and red) is represented by the following color coordinates:

- Hex triplet:  # 7F00FF

- RGB: (127, 0, 255); CMYK (0, 0, 0, 100) 

- HSV: (270, 100%, 50%)

Examples of inorganic violet pigments:

- oxides (violet Mars violet)

- silicates (violet ultramarine violet) 

- phosphate (violet cobalt violet, violet manganese violet)

- other (of Cassius purple of Cassius)

Examples of organic violet pigments:

- animal (murex)

- vegetable (archil)

- synthetic (mauve, magenta, violet methyl violet)

Synonyms and Related Terms

purple pigments; magenta; violet (Dan., Ned.); Purpur (Deut.); pigmentos violeta (Esp.); ail (Esp.); pigments violets (Fr.); viola (It.); violaceus (Lat.); violett (Sven.); pigmentos violeta (Port.)

Authority

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

• Ralph Mayer, Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall, Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall, Pigment Compendium, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2004