Violet (color)
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Template:Infobox color Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 420-380 nanometres (this is a spectral color). Secondly, it refers to a bluish purple (this is a mixture of red and blue, and not a spectral color: a discussion of the distinction between violet and purple).
True spectral violet cannot be reproduced on a computer screen becouse it is out of the RGB colour space. You can see the color by looking at the reflection of a fluorescent tube in a compact disc. This works because the CD functions as a diffraction grating, and a fluorescent lamp generally has a peak at 435.833nm (from mercury), as is visible on the fluorescent lamp spectrum; this might be classed as indigo.
See also
Shades
- Lavender - typically pale (Hex: #BDBBD7) (RGB: 189, 187, 215)
- Lilac - typically pale (Hex: #C8A2C8) (RGB: 200, 162, 200)
- Slightly light violet (Hex: #8357E8) (RGB: 131, 87, 232)
| Electromagnetic Spectrum Sorted by wavelength, short to long Gamma ray | X-ray | Ultraviolet | Optical spectrum | Infrared | Terahertz radiation | Microwave | Radio waves | Visible (optical) spectrum: Violet | Blue | Green | Yellow | Orange | Red | Microwave spectrum: V band | K band: Ka band, Ku band | X band | C band | S band | L band | Radio spectrum: EHF | SHF | UHF | VHF | HF/Shortwave | Mediumwave | Longwave | VLF | ULF |SLF | ELF |
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