Lilac | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #C8A2C8 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (200, 162, 200) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (300°, 19%, 78%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (71, 32, 308°) |
Source | [1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Lilac is a color that is a pale violet tone representing the average color of most lilac flowers. The colors of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colors shown below as pale lilac, rich lilac, or deep lilac. However, there are other lilac flowers that are colored red-violet.
The first recorded use of lilac as an English color name was in 1775. [2]
Lilac (Pale lavender) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #DCD0FF |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (220, 208, 255) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (255°, 18%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (86, 37, 276°) |
Source | [3] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light violet |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Pale lilac or Pale lavender is the color represented as lilac in the ISCC-NBS color list. The source of this color is sample 209 in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955). [4]
Lilac (Crayola) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #D891EF |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (216, 145, 239) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (285°, 39%, 94%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (70, 72, 296°) |
Source | Crayola |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color bright lilac (displayed on the right) is the color labeled lilac by Crayola in 1994 as one of the colors in its Magic Scent specialty box of colors.
Lilac (Pourpre.com) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #B666D2 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (182, 102, 210) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (284°, 51%, 82%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (56, 80, 294°) |
Source | Pourpre.com |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Rich lilac, a rich tone of lilac labeled lilac at Pourpre.com (a popular French color list), is shown at right. Another name for this color is bright French lilac.
French Lilac | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #86608E |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (134, 96, 142) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (290°, 32%, 56%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (46, 36, 300°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color French lilac is displayed at right. This color was formulated for use in interior design, where a medium dark violet color is desired. The first recorded use of French lilac as a color name in the English language was in 1814. [5]
The normalized color coordinates for french lilac are identical to pomp and power, first recorded as a color name in English in 1950. [6]
The lilac-breasted roller is a member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
Lilac was a color associated with the final stages of mourning in English and European cultures. [7]
The various tones of the color coral are orange, red and pink representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.
Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the lavender flower; however, the more saturated color shown as floral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered lavender by the average person as opposed to those who are website designers. The color lavender might be described as a medium purple or a light pinkish-purple. The term lavender may be used in general to apply to a wide range of pale, light, or grayish-purples, but only on the blue side; lilac is pale purple on the pink side. In paints, the color lavender is made by mixing purple and white paint.
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. In American English, this color term is sometimes used in color theory as one of the purple colors—a non-spectral color between red and violet that is a deep version of a color on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
The color champagne is a name given for various very pale tints of yellowish-orange that are close to beige. The color's name is derived from the typical color of the beverage Champagne.
Burgundy is a dark red-purplish color.
Taupe is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.
Raspberry is a color that resembles the color of raspberries.
Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower.
Spring bud is the color that used to be called spring green before the X11 web color spring green was formulated in 1987 when the X11 colors were first promulgated. This color is now called spring bud to avoid confusion with the web color.
Jungle green is a color that is a rich tone of medium spring green.
Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a green or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Varieties of the color red may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a red or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors are shown below.
Pink colors are usually light or desaturated shades of reds, roses, and magentas which are created on computer and television screens using the RGB color model and in printing with the CMYK color model. As such, it is an arbitrary classification of color.
The color magenta has notable tints and shades. These various colors are shown below.
Livid is a medium bluish-gray color. This color name comes from the Latin color term lividus meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color', and also used to describe the color of contused flesh, leading to the English expression 'black and blue'". The first recorded use of livid as a color name in English was in 1622.
Varieties of the color blue may differ in hue, chroma, or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a blue or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these colors are shown below.
The color jasmine is a pale tint of yellow, displayed at right. It is a representation of the average color of the more yellowish lower part of the pale yellowish white colored jasmine flower. The first recorded use of jasmine as a color name in English was in 1925.
Violet is a color term derived from the flower of the same name. There are numerous variations of the color violet, a sampling of which are shown below.
There are numerous variations of the color purple, a sampling of which are shown below.
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.