| *2 : any of a [[group]] of [[colors]] of reddish-blue hue, low lightness, and medium saturation | | *2 : any of a [[group]] of [[colors]] of reddish-blue hue, low lightness, and medium saturation |
− | As the name of a color, '''violet''' (named after the flower [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(plant) violet]) is synonymous with a bluish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple purple]. Since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton] listed ''violet'' as his name for the [[color]] of the short-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength wavelength] end of the visible [[spectrum]] (approximately 380–450 nm),[1] when both of the names ''purple'' and ''violet'' are used within the same [[system]], violet tends to [[represent]] colors nearer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue blue], while purple is used for [[colors]] more nearly between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue blue] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red red]. Objects [[reflecting]] only [[light]] wavelengths in the aforementioned “violet range” would appear very [[dark]], because [[human]] [[vision]] is [[relatively]] insensitive to those wavelengths, but the [[color]] of a monochromatic [[light]] source emitting only those wavelengths can be roughly approximated by the color shown below as electric violet. | + | As the name of a color, '''violet''' (named after the flower [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(plant) violet]) is synonymous with a bluish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple purple]. Since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton] listed ''violet'' as his name for the [[color]] of the short-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength wavelength] end of the visible [[spectrum]] (approximately 380–450 nm),[1] when both of the names ''purple'' and ''violet'' are used within the same [[system]], violet tends to [[represent]] colors nearer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue blue], while purple is used for [[colors]] more nearly between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue blue] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red red]. Objects [[reflecting]] only [[light]] wavelengths in the aforementioned “violet range” would appear very [[dark]], because [[human]] [[vision]] is [[relatively]] insensitive to those wavelengths, but the [[color]] of a monochromatic [[light]] source emitting only those wavelengths can be roughly approximated by the color shown below as electric violet.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_%28color%29] |