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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French violete, diminutive of viole violet, from [[Latin]] viola

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French violete, diminutive of viole violet, from [[Latin]] viola

Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] The first recorded use of violet as a [[color]] [[name]] in [[English]] was in 1370.

Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] The first recorded use of violet as a [[color]] [[name]] in [[English]] was in 1370.

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : any of a genus (Viola of the [[family]] Violaceae, the violet family) of chiefly herbs with alternate stipulate leaves and showy flowers in spring and often cleistogamous flowers in [[summer]]; especially : one with smaller usually solid-colored flowers as distinguished from the usually larger-flowered violas and pansies  

*1 a : any of a genus (Viola of the [[family]] Violaceae, the violet family) of chiefly herbs with alternate stipulate leaves and showy flowers in spring and often cleistogamous flowers in [[summer]]; especially : one with smaller usually solid-colored flowers as distinguished from the usually larger-flowered violas and pansies  

*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

==Description==

==Description==

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]

As the name of a color, '''violet''' (named after the flower [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(plant) violet]) is synonymous with a bluish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple purple]. Since [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton] listed ''violet'' as his name for the [[color]] of the short-[https://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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue blue], while purple is used for [[colors]] more nearly between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue blue]  and [https://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.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_%28color%29]

==See also==

==See also==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors List of colors]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors List of colors]

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]