Red-violet
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Red-violet is a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to magenta than to red. It is classified in color theory
as one of the purple
colors—a non-spectral
color between red and violet. Both its saturation and brightness falling short of 100 %, red-violet is not a pure chroma. There is a color of similar hue that, however, that comes close to being a pure chroma: process magenta. The pure chroma color composed of equal parts of magenta and red is called rose
.
In the usage of artist
s, red-violet is equivalent to purple. However, although the color "purple
" is inaccurately used by many people as a synonym for violet or a color close to violet, professional artists generally use the term "purple" to specifically refer to a pigment color that is equivalent to red-violet in order to give themselves a larger and more balanced palette of pigments to work with.
The Munsell color system
also refers to red-violet as purple; actually in the Munsell color system, this color at the maximum chroma of 12 is called Red-Purple. This convention is for chromatic purposes, since Red-Purple lies between violet
and printer's magenta (the color regarded as magenta before the invention of the color electric magenta for computer displays).
, red
, red-orange, orange, gold
, and yellow
, i.e. those colors classified as "Warm colors", or colors that produces a feeling of warmth (as opposed to "cool colors").
The color that is the complement
of red-violet, mint green, lies halfway between green
and spring green
. It is very close to sea green, but highly saturated, and of a bright hue.
In some traditional usage, red-violet is the name given to an intermediate or tertiary color
that, along with yellow-orange (gold
) and also green-blue (cyan
), forms a color wheel
triad group. However, most contemporary usage would use magenta
as the name for the tertiary color in question.
Red-violet or pigment purple (pigment red-violet) represents the way the color purple (red-violet) was normally reproduced in pigments, paints, or colored pencil
s in the 1950s on an old-fashioned RYB color wheel
. This color is displayed at right and is identical to the web color medium violet red.
By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic
art
, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "Purple" or "Red-Violet" that are the pigment equivalent of the electric purple reproduced in the section below became available in artists pigments and colored pencils. Reproducing the electric purple below in pigment requires adding some white
pigment to red-violet pigment.
This color is a pale shade of red-violet.
This color, a deep shade of red-violet, was formulated by Crayola
crayon
s in 2003.
or brown
ish-purple color
that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine (the French
and English UK word for eggplant).
The dark grayish-red-violet color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola
in 1998.
Color theory
In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combinations. Although color theory principles first appeared in the writings of Leone Battista Alberti and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci , a tradition of "colory theory"...
as one of the purple
Purple
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
colors—a non-spectral
Spectrum
A spectrum is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum. The word saw its first scientific use within the field of optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light when separated using a prism; it has since been applied by...
color between red and violet. Both its saturation and brightness falling short of 100 %, red-violet is not a pure chroma. There is a color of similar hue that, however, that comes close to being a pure chroma: process magenta. The pure chroma color composed of equal parts of magenta and red is called rose
Rose (color)
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel, on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees.Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel...
.
In the usage of artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s, red-violet is equivalent to purple. However, although the color "purple
Purple
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
" is inaccurately used by many people as a synonym for violet or a color close to violet, professional artists generally use the term "purple" to specifically refer to a pigment color that is equivalent to red-violet in order to give themselves a larger and more balanced palette of pigments to work with.
The Munsell color system
Munsell color system
In colorimetry, the Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value , and chroma . It was created by Professor Albert H...
also refers to red-violet as purple; actually in the Munsell color system, this color at the maximum chroma of 12 is called Red-Purple. This convention is for chromatic purposes, since Red-Purple lies between violet
Violet (color)
As the name of a color, violet is synonymous with a bluish purple, when the word "purple" is used in the common English language sense of any color between blue and red, not including either blue or red...
and printer's magenta (the color regarded as magenta before the invention of the color electric magenta for computer displays).
Relationship of red-violet to other colors
Red-violet is part of the red "analogous color group", which also includes magentaMagenta
Magenta is a color evoked by light stronger in blue and red wavelengths than in yellowish-green wavelengths . In light experiments, magenta can be produced by removing the lime-green wavelengths from white light...
, red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
, red-orange, orange, gold
Gold (color)
Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of orange-yellow color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold....
, and yellow
Yellow
Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–590 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of red and green...
, i.e. those colors classified as "Warm colors", or colors that produces a feeling of warmth (as opposed to "cool colors").
The color that is the complement
Complementary color
Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are of “opposite” hue in some color model. The exact hue “complementary” to a given hue depends on the model in question, and perceptually uniform, additive, and subtractive color models, for example, have differing complements for any given color.-...
of red-violet, mint green, lies halfway between green
Green
Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered...
and spring green
Spring green (color)
Spring green is a color included on the color wheel that is precisely halfway between cyan and green . When plotted on the CIE chromaticity diagram it corresponds to a visual stimulus of 505 nanometers on the visible spectrum. Spring green is a pure chroma on the color wheel...
. It is very close to sea green, but highly saturated, and of a bright hue.
In some traditional usage, red-violet is the name given to an intermediate or tertiary color
Tertiary color
A tertiary color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color, in a given color space such as RGB or RYB.Unlike primary and secondary colors, these are not represented by one firmly established name each, but the following examples include some typical names.Brown and grey...
that, along with yellow-orange (gold
Gold (color)
Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of orange-yellow color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold....
) and also green-blue (cyan
Cyan
Cyan from , transliterated: kýanos, meaning "dark blue substance") may be used as the name of any of a number of colors in the blue/green range of the spectrum. In reference to the visible spectrum cyan is used to refer to the color obtained by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light or the...
), forms a color wheel
Color wheel
A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle that shows relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, complementary colors, etc....
triad group. However, most contemporary usage would use magenta
Magenta
Magenta is a color evoked by light stronger in blue and red wavelengths than in yellowish-green wavelengths . In light experiments, magenta can be produced by removing the lime-green wavelengths from white light...
as the name for the tertiary color in question.
Red-violet
(Pigment purple (pigment red-violet) (web color medium violet red))Red-violet or pigment purple (pigment red-violet) represents the way the color purple (red-violet) was normally reproduced in pigments, paints, or colored pencil
Pencil
A pencil is a writing implement or art medium usually constructed of a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing. The case prevents the core from breaking, and also from marking the user’s hand during use....
s in the 1950s on an old-fashioned RYB color wheel
RYB color model
RYB is a historical set of colors used in subtractive color mixing, and is one commonly used set of primary colors...
. This color is displayed at right and is identical to the web color medium violet red.
By the 1970s, because of the advent of psychedelic
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "Purple" or "Red-Violet" that are the pigment equivalent of the electric purple reproduced in the section below became available in artists pigments and colored pencils. Reproducing the electric purple below in pigment requires adding some white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
pigment to red-violet pigment.
Pale red-violet (web color pale violet red)
The color pale red-violet (identical to the web color pale violet red) is displayed at right.This color is a pale shade of red-violet.
Medium red-violet (Crayola red-violet)
This is the medium tone of the color red-violet that is called red-violet in Crayola crayons.Jazzberry jam
The color jazzberry jam is displayed at right.This color, a deep shade of red-violet, was formulated by Crayola
Crayola
Crayola is a brand of artists' supplies manufactured by Crayola LLC, which was founded in 1885 as Binney & Smith. It is best known for its crayons...
crayon
Crayon
A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used for writing, coloring, drawing, and other methods of illustration. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel; both are popular media for color...
s in 2003.
Eggplant
Eggplant is a dark purplePurple
Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue, and is classified as a secondary color as the colors are required to create the shade....
or brown
Brown
Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red, rose, or yellow with black or gray. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color....
ish-purple color
Color
Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors...
that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine (the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and English UK word for eggplant).
The dark grayish-red-violet color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola
Crayola
Crayola is a brand of artists' supplies manufactured by Crayola LLC, which was founded in 1885 as Binney & Smith. It is best known for its crayons...
in 1998.