Editing Red-violet

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[[File:Ascension 1944 10sh red violet Three Sisters.jpg|right|thumb|A red-violet used on a postage stamp]]

'''Red-violet''' refers to a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to [[magenta]] than to red.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fehrman |first1=K.R. |last2=Fehrman |first2=C. |title=Color - the secret influence |date=2004 |publisher=Pearson Education |location=Upper Saddle River}}</ref> In American English, this color term is sometimes used in [[color theory]] as one of the purple colors—a non-[[Spectrum|spectral]] color between red and violet that is a deep version of a color on the [[line of purples]] on the [[CIE chromaticity diagram]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In use by some artists red-violet is equivalent to purple. Since violet and purple vary so much in meaning when comparing speakers from different countries and languages, there is much confusion.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Matschi |first1=M. |title=Color terms in English: Onomasiological and Semasiological aspects |journal=Onomasiology Online |date=2005 |volume=5 |pages=56–139 |url=https://www1.ku.de/SLF/EngluVglSW/matschi1041.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Spence |first1=N. |title=The Linguistic Field of Colour Terms in French |journal=Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie |date=1989 |volume=105 |issue=5–6 |pages=472–497 |doi=10.1515/zrph.1989.105.5-6.472|s2cid=161984015 }}</ref>

The [[Munsell color system]] includes the hue term purple, and for some (especially US) speakers of English at the maximum chroma of 12, this refers to 'Red-Purple". This convention is for chromatic purposes, since Red-Purple lies between [[Violet (color)|violet]] and [[Magenta#Process magenta (pigment magenta; printer's magenta) (1890s)|printer's magenta]] (the [[Magenta#History|color regarded as magenta]] before the invention of the [[Magenta#Web colours magenta and fuchsia|web color magenta]] for computer displays).{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}

==Relationship of red-violet to other colors==
Red-violet is part of the red "analogous color group", which also includes [[magenta]], [[red]], [[red-orange]], [[Orange (color)|orange]], [[Gold (color)|gold]], and [[yellow]], i.e., those colors classified as "warm colors", or colors that produce a feeling of warmth (as opposed to "cool colors").

The color that is the [[Complementary color|complement]] of red-violet, [[Spring green (color)#Mint green|mint green]], lies halfway between [[green]] and [[Spring green (color)|spring green]]. It is very close to [[sea green]] but highly [[HSV color space|saturated]] and of a bright [[HSV color space|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. Most contemporary usage, however, would list magenta as the name for the tertiary color in question.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

==Red-violet==
{{infobox color
 |title=Red-Violet /<br />Medium Violet Red (X11)
 |hex=C71585
 |source=[[X11 color names|X11]]
 |isccname=Vivid purplish 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 pencils in the 1950s on an old-fashioned [[RYB color model|RYB color wheel]]. This color is displayed at right.

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Color/Normalized Color Coordinates|normalized color coordinates]] for red-violet are identical to '''medium violet red''', which was first recorded as a color name in English with the formalization of the [[X11 color names]] over 1985–1989.

By the 1970s, because of the advent of [[psychedelic art]], artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "purple" or "bright purple" that are the pigment equivalent of [[Shades of purple#Electric purple: 2000s|electric purple]] became available in artist's pigments and colored pencils. Reproducing electric purple in pigment requires adding some [[white]] and a small amount of blue to red-violet pigment. Even then, the reproduction will not be exact, because it is impossible for pigment colors to be so bright as colors displayed on a computer.
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==Variations of red-violet==
===Kobi===
{{infobox color
|title=Kobi
|hex=E79FC4
|source=[[Xona.com Color List]]<ref name="Xona.com Color List">[http://xona.com/colorlist/ Xona.com Color List]</ref>
|isccname=Moderate purplish pink}}

At the right is displayed the color '''kobi'''.

The color name "kobi" for this light tone of red-violet has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the [http://xona.com/colorlist/ Xona Color List].

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===Pink lavender===
{{infobox color
 |title=Pink Lavender
 |hex=D8B2D1
 |source=[[Pantone TPX]]<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX]</ref><ref>Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.</ref>
 |isccname=Grayish purplish pink}}

The color '''pink lavender''' is displayed at the right.

The source of this color is the "[[Pantone]] Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.<ref>[http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the words "Pink Lavender" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:]</ref>
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===Puce===
{{Main|Puce}}
{{Infobox color
|title=Puce
|hex=CC8899
|source=[[99colors.net]]<ref>[http://www.99colors.net/name/puce 99colors.net]</ref>
|isccname=Dark pink}}

'''Puce'''  is a medium grayish red-violet color.
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===Pale red-violet=== <!-- courtesy note per [[WP:RSECT]]: [[Pale red-violet]] redirects here. -->
{{infobox color
 |title=Pale Red-Violet
 |hex=DB7093
 |source=[[X11 color names|X11]]
 |isccname=Deep purplish pink}}

The color '''pale red-violet''' (identical to the web color "pale violet red") is displayed at the right.

This color is a pale tone of red-violet.
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===Violet-red===
{{infobox color
 |title=Violet-Red
 |hex=F75394
 |source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
 |isccname=Vivid purplish red}}

The color '''violet red''' is displayed at the right. A bright tone of red-violet, it has been a [[Crayola]] color since 1958.

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===Cerise===
{{infobox colour
|title=Cerise
|hex=DE3163
|source=Maerz and Paul<ref>The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''cerise'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, ''A Dictionary of Color'', New York: 1930, McGraw-Hill; the color ''cerise'' is displayed on Page 31, Plate 4, Color Sample J6.</ref>
|isccname=Vivid red}}

The color '''[[Cerise (color)|cerise]]''' is displayed at the right. It is a deep- to vivid-reddish [[pink]] color.

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===Red-purple===
{{infobox color
|title=Red-Purple
|hex=953553
|source=Gallego and Sanz<ref>Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). ''Guía de coloraciones'' (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). ''Guide to Colorations'') Madrid: H. Blume. {{ISBN|84-89840-31-8}}</ref>
|isccname=Vivid purplish red}}

'''Red-purple''' is the color that is called ''Rojo-Purpura'' (the Spanish word for "red-purple") in the ''Guía de coloraciones'' (''Guide to colorations'') by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the [[Hispanophone]] realm.

Although "red-purple" is a seldom-used color name in English, in Spanish it is regarded as one of the major tones of [[purple]].
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===Blush===
{{infobox color
 |title=Blush
 |hex=DE5D83
 |source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
 |isccname=Strong purplish red}}

The color '''blush''' is displayed at the right.

The first recorded use of "blush" as a color name in English was in 1590.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 190; Color Sample of Blush Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample A7</ref>

"Blush" has been a Crayola color since 1998. It was originally called "cranberry", until 2005.

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===Smitten===
{{infobox color
|title=Smitten
|hex=C84186
|source=[[Resene]]<ref>[https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/preview.php?chart=Resene%20The%20Range%202011%2F12&brand=Resene&name=Smitten Resene]</ref>
|isccname=Vivid purplish red}}

Displayed at the right is the color '''smitten'''.

"Smitten" is one of the colors on the [https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/ Resene Color List], a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color was formulated in 2011.

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===Medium red-violet===
{{infobox color
 |title=Medium Red-Violet
 |hex=BB3385
 |source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
 |isccname=Vivid purplish red}}

'''Medium red-violet''' is the medium tone of the color red-violet that is called "red-violet" in [[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola crayons]]. It has been a Crayola color since 1930.

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===Fandango===
{{infobox color
 |title=Fandango
 |hex=B53389
 |source=[[99colors.net]]<ref>[http://www.99colors.net/name/fandango]</ref>/Maerz and Paul<ref>This color matches the color called ''Fandango'' in the book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill--Color Sample of Fandango Page 127 Plate 52 Color Sample L 10</ref>
 |isccname=Vivid purplish red}}

Displayed at the right is the color '''fandango'''.

The first recorded use of "fandango" as a color name in English was in 1919.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 195; Color Sample of Fandango Page 127 Plate 52 Color Sample L 10</ref>
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===Flirt===
{{infobox color
|title=Flirt
|hex=A2006D
|source=[[Xona.com Color List]]<ref name="Xona.com Color List">[http://xona.com/colorlist/ Xona.com Color List]</ref>
|isccname=Deep purplish red}}

At the right is displayed the color '''flirt'''.

The first recorded use of "flirt" as a color name in English was in 1928.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195</ref>

In 2001, "flirt" was included as one of the colors on the Xona Color List.

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===Popstar===
{{infobox color
|title=Popstar
|hex=BE4F62
|source=[[Resene]]<ref>[https://www.resene.co.nz/swatches/preview.php?chart=Resene%20The%20Range%202007&brand=Resene&name=Popstar Resene]</ref>
|isccname=Moderate red}}

Displayed at the right is the color '''popstar'''.

"Popstar" is one of the colors on the Resene Color List. It was formulated in 2006.

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===Jazzberry jam===
{{infobox color
 |title=Jazzberry Jam
 |hex=A50B5E
 |source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
 |isccname=Deep purplish red}}

The color '''jazzberry jam''' is displayed at the right.

This color, a deep shade of red-violet, was formulated by Crayola in 2003.
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===Wine===
{{Main|Wine (color)}}
{{infobox color
 |title=Wine
 |hex=722F37
 |source=[[ISCC-NBS]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-w.htm ISCC-NBS]}}</ref>
 |isccname=Deep reddish brown}}

At the right is displayed the color '''wine'''.

The color "wine" is a representation of the average color of red wine.
[[File:Red Wine Glass.jpg|alt=A glass of red wine|thumb|A glass of red wine]]

The first recorded use of "wine" as a color name in English was in 1705.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207</ref>

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===Byzantium===
{{Main|Byzantium (color)}}
{{infobox color
 |title=Byzantium
 |hex=702963
 |source=[[ISCC-NBS]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm ISCC-NBS]}}</ref>|
 |isccname=Deep reddish purple}}

The color '''Byzantium''' is displayed at the right.

The first recorded use of "byzantium" as a color name in English was in 1926.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Byzantium: Page 111 Plate 44 Color Sample K7</ref>

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===Eggplant===
{{Main|Eggplant (color)}}
{{infobox color
 |title=Eggplant
 |hex=614051
 |source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]
 |isccname=Dark purplish red}}

'''Eggplant''' is a dark purple<ref>{{cite book | title = The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations | author = David Grambs | publisher = W. W. Norton & Company | year = 1995 | isbn = 0-393-31265-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DjL6ByAcP6IC&q=eggplant+brownish-purple&pg=PA159 }}</ref> or purplish brown,<ref name=adams>{{cite book | title = Ceramic Industries of Medieval Nubia | author = William Yewdale Adams | publisher = University Press of Kentucky | year = 1986 | isbn = 0-8131-0500-5 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yuSQSPlcKgAC&q=aubergine+eggplant+color&pg=RA1-PA591 }}</ref> color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European [[eggplant]].<ref>Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief ''Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary'' Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster Page 369</ref> Another name for the color "eggplant" is '''aubergine'''<ref name=adams/> (the French and British English word for eggplant).

The first recorded use of "eggplant" as a color name in English was in 1915.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Eggplant: Page 119 Plate 48 Color Sample H12</ref>
[[File:3 x Small Japanese eggplant 2017 A.jpg|alt=Eggplants or aubergines|thumb|Eggplants, or aubergines]]

The dark [[gray]]ish-red-violet color shown in the color box as "eggplant" was introduced by Crayola in 1998.

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===Violet-red (Per Bang)===
{{infobox color
|title=Violet-red (Per Bang)
|hex=F0559C
|source=[[perbang.dk]]<ref>[https://www.perbang.dk/rgb/F0599C/]</ref>
|isccname=}}

'''Violet-red''' (Per Bang) is the bright color of red-violet.
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==Wrapping the spectrum into a color wheel==
If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, red-violet appears midway between [[red]] and [[magenta]]:
[[Image:Linear visible spectrum.svg|center]]
[[Image:Blended colour wheel.svg|center|300px|thumb|Visible spectrum wrapped to join violet and red in an additive mixture of red-violet]]
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==See also==
* [[RAL 3004 Purple red]]
* [[List of colors]]

==References==
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{{Shades of magenta|Magenta}}
{{Shades of red}}
{{Shades of violet}}
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[[Category:Shades of red]]
[[Category:Shades of violet]]