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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 |
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| *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] |
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| ==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] |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |