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Red-violet refers to a rich color of high medium saturation about 3/4 of the way between red and magenta, closer to

magenta Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as pinkish- purplish- red, reddish-purplish-pink or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blu ...

than to red. In American English, this color term is sometimes used in color theory as one of the purple colors—a non-

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color between red and violet that is a deep version of a color on the line of purples on the

CIE chromaticity diagram The CIE 1931 color spaces are the first defined quantitative links between distributions of wavelengths in the electromagnetic visible spectrum, and physiologically perceived colors in human color vision. The mathematical relationships that defi ...

. 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. The

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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 and printer's magenta (the color regarded as magenta before the invention of the web color magenta for computer displays).

Relationship of red-violet to other colors

Red-violet is part of the red "analogous color group", which also includes

red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...

, red-orange,

orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...

, and

yellow Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the ...

, 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

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of red-violet, mint green, lies halfway between

green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combi ...

and spring green. It is very close to sea green but highly saturated and of a bright

hue In color theory, hue is one of the main properties (called color appearance parameters) of a color, defined technically in the CIECAM02 model as "the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that ...

. In some traditional usage, red-violet is the name given to an intermediate, or

tertiary color A tertiary color or intermediate color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with half saturation of another primary color and none of a third primary color, in a given color space such as RGB, CMYK (more modern) or RYB ...

that, along with yellow-orange (gold) and also green-blue ( cyan), forms a

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triad group. Most contemporary usage, however, would list magenta as the name for the tertiary color in question.

Red-violet

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 wheel. This color is displayed at right. The 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

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over 1985–1989. By the 1970s, because of the advent of

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, artists became used to brighter pigments, and pigments called "purple" or "bright purple" that are the pigment equivalent of electric purple became available in artist's pigments and colored pencils. Reproducing electric purple in pigment requires adding some

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White o ...

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.

Variations of red-violet

Kobi

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 th
Xona Color List

Pink lavender

The color pink lavender is displayed at the right. The source of this color is the "

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Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender.

Puce

Puce is a medium grayish red-violet color.

Pale red-violet

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.

Violet-red

The color violet red is displayed at the right. A bright tone of red-violet, it has been a

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color since 1958.

Cerise

The color cerise is displayed at the right. It is a deep- to vivid-reddish

pink Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...

color.

Red-purple

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 Purple is any of a variety of colors with hue between red and blue. In the RGB color model used in computer and television screens, purples are produced by mixing red and blue light. In the RYB color model historically used by painters, ...

Blush

The color blush is displayed at the right. The first recorded use of "blush" as a color name in English was in 1590. "Blush" has been a Crayola color since 1998. It was originally called "cranberry", until 2005.

Smitten

Displayed at the right is the color smitten. "Smitten" is one of the colors on th
Resene Color List
a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color was formulated in 2011.

Medium red-violet

Medium red-violet is the medium tone of the color red-violet that is called "red-violet" in Crayola crayons. It has been a Crayola color since 1930.

Fandango

Displayed at the right is the color fandango. The first recorded use of "fandango" as a color name in English was in 1919.

Flirt

At the right is displayed the color flirt. The first recorded use of "flirt" as a color name in English was in 1928. In 2001, "flirt" was included as one of the colors on the Xona Color List.

Popstar

Displayed at the right is the color popstar. "Popstar" is one of the colors on the Resene Color List. It was formulated in 2006.

Jazzberry jam

The color jazzberry jam is displayed at the right. This color, a deep shade of red-violet, was formulated by Crayola in 2003.

Wine

At the right is displayed the color wine. The color "wine" is a representation of the average color of red wine. Red Wine Glass

The first recorded use of "wine" as a color name in English was in 1705.

Byzantium

The color Byzantium is displayed at the right. The first recorded use of "byzantium" as a color name in English was in 1926.

Eggplant

Eggplant is a dark purple or purplish brown, color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplant. Another name for the color "eggplant" is aubergine (the French and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of "eggplant" as a color name in English was in 1915.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 3 x Small Japanese eggplant 2017 A

The dark

gray Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...

ish-red-violet color shown in the color box as "eggplant" was introduced by Crayola in 1998.

Violet-red (PerBang)

Violet-red (PerBang) is the bright color of red-violet.

Wrapping the spectrum into a color wheel

If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, red-violet appears midway between

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